Movie Comedy
Sometimes in life, the odds are in your favour.
A group of print workers in 1980s London club together to buy a race horse.
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Bob Hoskins Jenny Agutter Phil Davis Vincent Regan Calum MacNab Emily Atack Rita Tushingham Dudley Sutton Jason Maza Kate Magowan Terry Stone Perry Benson Lucy Drive Montserrat Lombard Rebecca Ferdinando Adam Deacon Tom Davis Mark Harris Linda Robson Johnny Palmiero Brian Croucher Richard Blackwood Joe Sims Rupert Holliday-Evans Linal Haft
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