Movie
Rat Race
Overview
In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy friends monitor each racer's every move to keep track of their favorites. The only rule in this race is that there are no rules.
Details
- Release date
- 2001-08-17
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fireworks Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Alphaville Films, Zucker Productions
- Country
- Canada, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Gloria Allred as Gloria Allred
- Breckin Meyer as Nick Schaffer
- Cuba Gooding Jr. as Owen Templeton
- Lanei Chapman as Merrill Jennings
- Amy Smart as Tracy Faucet
- Seth Green as Duane Cody
- Vince Vieluf as Blaine Cody
- Whoopi Goldberg as Vera Baker
- Rowan Atkinson as Enrico Pollini
- John Cleese as Donald P. Sinclair
- Jon Lovitz as Randy Pear
- Kathy Najimy as Beverly Pear
Crew
- Jerry Zucker - Director
- Andy Breckman - Writer
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