The Luckiest Man in America
What's behind his winning streak?
6.3(117) 2025-04-04 90 minDramaHistoryComedy
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.
ScreenplaySamir Oliveros
ProducerAmanda Freedman
DirectorSamir Oliveros
ScreenplayMaggie Briggs
Original Music ComposerJohn Carroll Kirby
Cast & characters
Paul Walter Hauser
as Michael
Walton Goggins
as Peter
Shamier Anderson
as Chuck
David Strathairn
as Bill
Brian Geraghty
as Ed
Patti Harrison
as Janie
Maisie Williams
as Sylvia
Ricky Russert
as Whitman
David Rysdahl
as Todd
Shaunette Renée Wilson
as Donna
James Wolk
as Junior
Damian Young
as Kauffman
Haley Bennett
as Patricia
Johnny Knoxville
as Leon Hart
Lilli Kay
as Lisa
Tatiana Ronderos
as Barb
Stefano Meier
as Lyle
Carlota Castro
as Susie
Carlos-Manuel Vesga
as Jim
Genesis Rodriguez
as Jail Actress
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Paulina Diazgranados
as Breakfast PA
Evan Sudarsky
as Travis Dunn
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Ilia Spozhnikov
as Cop 1
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Brendan Lawler
as Cop 2
