Lay the Favorite
- Release Date
- June 22, 2012
- Director
- Stephen Frears
- Cast
- Bruce Willis , Vince Vaughn , Rebecca Hall , Catherine Zeta-Jones , Laura Prepon , Joshua Jackson
- Runtime
- 100
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Writers
- Beth Raymer , D.V. DeVincentis
- Tagline
- How far can a long shot take you?
- Website
- http://weinsteinco.com/radius/
Summary
Beth Raymer (Hall) leaves behind her life as a stripper in Florida and heads to Las Vegas to realize her dream: being a cocktail waitress in a glitzy casino. But, when her career goals don’t pan out, she falls in with Dink (Willis), a kind and idiosyncratic sports gambler. Beth wins Dink’s admiration when she shows herself to be something of a gambling prodigy, but she also wins the ire of Dink’s wife, Tulip (Zeta-Jones), when her relationship with her boss seems to extend beyond the profess
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