On the Right Track

1981
PG
1h 37m

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Lester is a homeless shoeshine boy living in a railway station. He's got this funny knack for picking the winning horses' names out of the paper while shining shoes. When word gets around, t... Read allLester is a homeless shoeshine boy living in a railway station. He's got this funny knack for picking the winning horses' names out of the paper while shining shoes. When word gets around, though, everyone wants a piece of the action.Lester is a homeless shoeshine boy living in a railway station. He's got this funny knack for picking the winning horses' names out of the paper while shining shoes. When word gets around, though, everyone wants a piece of the action.

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5.4/10

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- 2 nominations total

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Trivia
Jami Gertz's debut.

Quotes
Thief: Sorry, Kid! But my sister needs the money for a nose job!

Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: Force: Five, Escape from New York, Gates of Heaven, On the Right Track, The Fox and the Hound (1981)

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It's Gary Coleman. And he's adopted Again... 1 for real life. Different Strokes and On the Right Track. Jeez the kid couldn't catch a break.

About: Lester being able to pick correct horses to bet on without the use of gematria.

Story and production: An ok story. Could of added more dept to Lester's power, development the mobster villians did nothing.

It's a funny, family, mild mature movie.

Basketball God Bill Russell had an appearance in this and his character was wasted. He provided nothing but a towel to Lester.

Overall an Okay production just needed dept.

Highlight: at the end of the movie they mention the date July 31. Guess what? Bill Russell died on that date. Coincidence? Iunno..

Main Intelligence: 6. Side characters acted like the people of 2022. Only Lester was smart everyone else was just derp. They did not impress me.

Unworthiness level: 0

Should you watch this? I guess. Its nothing ground breaking but if you want to witness the acting of young Gary Coleman then sure. This guy had talent.