The Luckiest Man in America
What's behind his winning streak?
Overview
1984; Michael Larson, an unemployed ice-cream truck driver from Ohio, steps onto the game show "Press Your Luck" harboring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his winning streak is threatened when the executives in the control room start to uncover his real motivations.
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- $482,543
- Production
- Plenty Good, Tucci & Company, Jaguar Bite, Fabula
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Cast
Paul Walter Hauser
Michael
Walton Goggins
Peter
Shamier Anderson
Chuck
David Strathairn
Bill
Brian Geraghty
Ed
Patti Harrison
Janie
Maisie Williams
Sylvia
Ricky Russert
Whitman
David Rysdahl
Todd
Shaunette Renée Wilson
Donna
James Wolk
Junior
Damian Young
Kauffman
Haley Bennett
Patricia
Johnny Knoxville
Leon Hart
Lilli Kay
Lisa
Tatiana Ronderos
Barb
Stefano Meier
Lyle
Carlota Castro
Susie
Carlos-Manuel Vesga
Jim
Genesis Rodriguez
Jail Actress
Crew
- Director
- Samir Oliveros
- Cinematography
- Pablo Lozano
- Composer
- John Carroll Kirby
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hamfaceman
August 14, 2025
Matek recommended this movie to me, so I recommended Richard Jewell to him. This was a fun watch. Face hammed!
Brent Marchant
January 31, 2026
Considering that many of us are convinced that the system is rigged against us these days, there are probably quite a few folks out there who would like to find a way to “game the system” in their favor, especially given how widely they’ve come to believe that the system is gaming them. But succeeding at that task is likely to prove an uphill battle – or is it? As this fact-based comedy-drama from writer-director Samir Oliveros shows, it’s possible (or at least was at one time) to find a way to …