Lay The Favorite

- language: English French
- director: Stephen Frears
- actor: Bruce Willis Catherine Zeta-Jones Corbin Bernsen Frank Grillo John Carroll Lynch Joshua Jackson Laura Prepon Rebecca Hall Vince Vaughn
- writer: D.V. Devincintis
Synopsis:
Beth Raymer is a beautiful girl with a big heart who leaves her dancing job at a Florida strip club to become a Las Vegas cocktail waitress. Not exactly an ideal career choice, but her borderline-ditzy personality doesn’t give her many options. In walks Dink, a professional sports bettor who sees through her bubbly exterior and offers her a job placing wagers all over town to gain an advantage over the casinos. Her surprisingly impeccable mind for numbers soon cements her status as Dink’s good-luck charm, until his gorgeous-but-frigid wife, Tulip, starts to get jealous. Faced with no other choice but to fire Beth, Dink’s luck runs out when she heads to New York to work for a smarmy bookie, a turn of events that lands her squarely on the wrong side of the law.
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