Let It Ride (film)

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Let It Ride
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Joe Pytka
Screenplay by	Nancy Dowd (as "Ernest Morton")[1]
Based on	Good Vibes by Jay Cronley
Produced by	David Giler
Starring	Richard Dreyfuss David Johansen Teri Garr Allen Garfield
Cinematography	Curtis Wehr
Edited by	Dede Allen Jim Miller
Music by	Giorgio Moroder
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 18, 1989 (1989-08-18) (United States)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
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.