Born to Win (1971)

Directed by

Ivan Passer

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

R

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former hairdresser turns to heroin addiction and small-time crime in 1970s New York City. He drifts through desperate relationships and encounters with shady figures while trying to score his next fix.

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What happens

Born to Win is a 1971 crime thriller directed by Ivan Passer (his first American film) and starring George Segal, Karen Black, Paula Prentiss, Hector Elizondo, Jay Fletcher and Robert De Niro. Filming locations were in Manhattan, specifically Times Square. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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