Jun 22, 2012
94 min
Full-HD

Lay the Favorite (2012)

A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.

Category

Drama Comedy

Country

France United Kingdom United States of America

Companies

Emmett/Furla Films Likely Story Ruby Films Jackson Investment Group Lipsync Productions Random House Films Wild Bunch

Rebecca Hall

Beth Raymer

Bruce Willis

Dink Heimowitz

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Tulip Heimowitz

Joshua Jackson

Jeremy

Laura Prepon

Holly

Frank Grillo

Frankie

Wayne Péré

Scott

John Carroll Lynch

Dave Greenberg

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