Just the Ticket (1998)
Overview
Gary Starke is one of the best ticket scalpers in New York City. His girlfriend, Linda, doesn't approve of his criminal lifestyle, though, and dumps him when she gets the opportunity to study cooking in Paris. Gary realizes that he has to give up scalping if he has any chance of winning her back. But before he does, he wants to cash out on one last big score. He gets his chance when the pope announces he'll be performing Easter Mass at Yankee Stadium.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $12,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.088 |
Directed By
Richard Wenk
Crew
Yoram Pelman
Richard Wenk
Rick Marotta
Christopher Cibelli
Andie MacDowell
Andy García
Marivi Lorido Garcia
Richard Wenk
Ellen Kuras
Gary Lucchesi
TOP CAST
Andy García
Gary Starke
Andie MacDowell
Linda Palinski
Richard Bradford
Benny Moran
Alice Drummond
Lady with Cash
Fred Asparagus
Zeus
Louis Mustillo
Harry the Head
Anita Elliott
Refund Lady at the Met
Patrick Breen
San Diego Vinnie
Laura Harris
Alice / 'Cyclops'
Don Novello
Tony
Ron Leibman
Barry the Book
Michael Willis
TV Customer
Jack Cafferty
Newscaster
Molly Wenk
Catholic Schoolgirl Fanny
Daniella Garcia
Catholic Schoolgirl Lucy
Abe Vigoda
Arty
Andre B. Blake
Casino
Michael P. Moran
Fat Max
Ronald Guttman
Gerrard, Culinary Director
Helen Carey
Mrs. Bennett, N.Y. Times Food Critic
Bobo Lewis
Mrs. Dolmatch
Paunita Nichols
Rhonda
Irene Worth
Mrs. Haywood
Brian Schwary
College Kid in Jail
Chris Lemmon
Alex
Davenia McFadden
Social Security Checker
Lenny Venito
Stanley
Richard Wenk
Good Call Johnny D.J.
George Palermo
Undercover Cop
Anthony DeSando
Kenny Paliski
Elizabeth Ashley
Mrs. Paliski
Robert W. Castle
Uncle Donald
Sully Boyar
Uncle Tony
Donna Hanover
Realtor
Luis Aponte
Maury, Funeral Director
Joe Drago
Father V. Crespo
Alfredo Álvarez Calderón
Yankee Stadium Security Chief
Eugene Greytak
The Pope
Bill Irwin
Ray Charles
Joanna Adler
Vickie
John Tormey
Taxi Cab Driver
Michael Higgins
Confessional Priest
Austin Lyall Sansone
Baby in Womb
Joe Frazier
himself
Similar Movies
Hair
Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp.
It Could Happen to You
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel. Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins scheming to take all the money.
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver -- to make his dreams come true.
The Squid and the Whale
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
Down with Love
In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.
Quick Change
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.
The Age of Innocence
In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Eat Drink Man Woman
A retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu and his family live in modern day Taipei, Taiwan. He lives with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each of the daughters encounter new men in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.
Queen Margot
Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.
Down to You
College coeds in New York City, Al, the son of a celebrity chef, and Imogen, a talented artist, become smitten the second they lay eyes on one another at a bar. However, the road to happiness is not a smooth one. Outside forces, including a predatory porn star who wants to lure Al into her bed, threaten to pull apart the young lovers before their romance has a chance to really flourish.
Forget Paris
Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches.
Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship
Su-chan, Mai-chan, Sawako-san follows the lives of three women who are former co-workers. 34-year-old Su-chan works at a coffee shop and has feelings for the manager there. 34-year-old Mai-chan works at an OA machine maker. She is in a relationship with a married man. 39-year-old Sawako works as a web designer and also takes care of her grandmother. -san and her mother take care of her grandmother.
How to Be Single
New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.
Military Academy 3: The New Beginning
What happened to guys and girls of Military academy since we last saw them? The first generation of cadets continue their adventures with the addition of some new blood. What one generation knows, and another is about to find out is that Military academy is not just a school, but way of life.
Gavin Serve
Gavin Serves
Private Benjamin
A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.
The Tuxedo
Cabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin : Never touch Devlin's prized tuxedo. But when Devlin is temporarily put out of commission in an explosive accident, Jimmy puts on the tux and soon discovers that this extraordinary suit may be more black belt than black tie. Paired with a partner as inexperienced as he is, Jimmy becomes an unwitting secret agent.
Water Lilies
Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad girl of the team? Sciamma, and the two leads, capture the uncertainty of teenage sexuality with a sympathetic eye in this delicate drama of the angst of coming-of-age.
After Hours
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.