The Luckiest Man in America
Apr 04, 2025 | IMDB 6.3
90 min Watch NowDrama, History, Comedy
1984; Michael Larson, an unemployed ice-cream truck driver from Ohio, steps onto the game show "Press Your Luck" harboring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his winning streak is threatened when the executives in the control room start to uncover his real motivations.
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