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Born to Win
Directed by
Ivan Passer
R
1971
89m
Comedy
,
Crime
,
and more
5.8
50%
33%
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A smart-mouthed junkie and loser known as J.J. spends his days looking for just "one more fix".
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Cast of Born to Win
George Segal
J
Karen Black
Parm
Paula Prentiss
Veronica
Jay Fletcher
Billy Dynamite
Héctor Elizondo
Vivian
Robert De Niro
Danny
Ed Madsen
Detective
Marcia Jean Kurtz
Marlene
Irving Selbst
Stanley
Tim Pelt
Little Davey
José Pérez
Junior Conception
Jack Hollander
Harry
Alex Colon
Bus Boy
Max Brandt
Store Clerk
Burt Young
First Hood
Roland Kindhard
Second Hood
Jean David
Laundry Woman
Paul Benjamin
Fixer
Charles McGregor
Lethal Messenger
David Milton
Smuggler
Cynda Westcott
Billy's Date
Aaron Braunstein
Man in Store
Lockie Edwards
Man in Bar
Diane Molneri
Girl on Terrace
Jane Elder
Girl's Mother
Vic Ramos
Man with Package
Walter Stevens
Respectable Businessman
Harry Gorsuch
Passerby (uncredited)
Sylvia Syms
Cashier
Ivan Passer
Director / Writer
David Scott Milton
Writer
Philip Langner
Producer
Born to Win Ratings & Reviews
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...a meandering character study that does, given its almost excessively familiar trajectory, generally fare better than one might've anticipated...
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
It's the first American movie by the Czech director Ivan Passer, who films the city's street life with fascination while grimly observing the law's oppressive authority -- and J's moral degradation through lies and betrayals.
Los Angeles Free Press
Robert Sullivan
Despite some funny and some touching moments, everything rings hollow.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Uneven cynical drama about the NYC hard-drug scene.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
The main event is George Segal's whirligig of hipsterisms in the face of accelerating disaster
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Born to Win is a good-bad movie that doesn't always work but has some really brilliant scenes.
Cleveland Press
Tony Mastroianni
Segal does some of the comic bits well, but over all it is a fairly hopeless role. Segal hasn't figured out what kind of guy this is, but neither did the script writer.
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