As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an official uncovers the scam, they set him up for blackmail. Jump ahead twenty years, Carter and Rosie are married, successful racers in Kentucky about to sell their prize stallion, Simpatico. Vinnie is a drunk in Pomona. Vinnie decides to make a play for Rosie, lures Carter to California, steals his wallet and heads for Kentucky with the original blackmail material. Carter begs Vinnie's friend, a grocery clerk named Cecilia, to follow Vinnie and get the stuff back that he has in a box. Will she succeed?
Nick Nolte
as Vincent Webb
Jeff Bridges
as Lyle Carter
Sharon Stone
as Rosie
Catherine Keener
as Cecilia
Albert Finney
as Simms
Shawn Hatosy
as Young Vinnie
Kimberly Williams-Paisley
as Young Rosie
Liam Waite
as Young Carter
Ken Strunk
as Charlie
Angus T. Jones
as 5 Year Old Kid
Whit Crawford
as Jean
Bob Harter
as Louis
