Let It Ride (film)

Let It Ride
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoe Pytka
Screenplay byNancy Dowd (as "Ernest Morton")[1]
Based onGood Vibes
by Jay Cronley
Produced byDavid Giler
Starring
CinematographyCurtis Wehr
Edited byDede Allen
Jim Miller
Music byGiorgio Moroder
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 18, 1989 (1989-08-18) (United States)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18 million
Box office$4.9 million

Let It Ride is a 1989 American comedy film.[2] It was directed by Joe Pytka (in his feature non-documentary debut) from a screenplay by Nancy Dowd (credited as Ernest Morton) based on the 1979 novel Good Vibes by Jay Cronley. It stars Richard Dreyfuss, David Johansen, Teri Garr, and Allen Garfield. The story is centered on a normally unsuccessful habitual gambler who experiences a day in which he wins every bet he places, and focuses on the personality contrasts and the perpetually upbeat, hopeful attitudes of losers.

Let It Ride was primarily filmed at Hialeah Park Race Track, which was closed in 2001 and reopened on November 28, 2009.[3] The film was released in the United States on August 18, 1989, by Paramount Pictures.

  1. ^ "Let It Ride (1989) - "Writing credits (2)"". IMDb.
  2. ^ "Let It Ride (PG-13)". www.washingtonpost.com.
  3. ^ "Horses Return as Historic Hialeah Reopens". The Boston Herald. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2009-12-12.