Sometimes in life, the odds are in your favour.
4.7
101 min
Set against the turbulent mid 1980s of money, privatisation, unions and dramatic media evolution: A lifelong group of friends find themselves at the bad end of a redundancy pay-out and invest their savings into a racehorse, hoping that one final race can turn their fortunes around.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Bob Hoskins | Percy 'Smudge' Smith | Unowned |
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Jenny Agutter | Shirley Baxter | Unowned |
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Phil Davis | Threads | Unowned |
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Vincent Regan | Jago | Unowned |
| Calum MacNab | Mark 'Bax' Baxter | Unowned | |
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Emily Atack | Katie | Unowned |
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Rita Tushingham | Martha | Unowned |
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Dudley Sutton | Alfie Hobnails | Unowned |
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Jason Maza | Mickey | Unowned |
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Kate Magowan | Natalie Cheam | Unowned |
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Terry Stone | Johnny Gossamer | Unowned |
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Perry Benson | Sefton Wallace | Unowned |
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Lucy Drive | Erica | Unowned |
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Montserrat Lombard | Becka | Unowned |
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Rebecca Ferdinando | Cheryl | Unowned |
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Adam Deacon | Sam The Soleman | Unowned |
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Tom Davis | Gutsy George | Unowned |
| Mark Harris | Harry 'The Horse' Fenton | Unowned | |
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Linda Robson | Lil | Unowned |
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Johnny Palmiero | George | Unowned |
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Brian Croucher | Phil | Unowned |
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Richard Blackwood | Linton | Unowned |
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Joe Sims | Lifeguard | Unowned |
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Rupert Holliday-Evans | Vicar | Unowned |
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Linal Haft | Ted | Unowned |