Bookies

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Bookies

"Risk is the biggest rush."

2003

1h 28m

6.4(49 votes)

Drama

Action

Comedy

Overview

Four college friends become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the attention of organized crime.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Nick Stahl

Toby

Johnny Galecki

Jude

Lukas Haas

Casey

Rachael Leigh Cook

Hunter

David Proval

Larry

John Diehl

Vincent

Julio Oscar Mechoso

Martinez

Dwight Armstrong

Abraham

Steve Hudson

Julius Garrett

Zuri Williams

Duane

Creative team

Directed by: Mark Illsley
Written by: Michael Bacall
Produced by: Alan Greenspan
Sabine de Mardt

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