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Released
1991 · FILM

29th Street

A man institutionalized for bizarre behavior recounts his wild, decades-long journey from lottery winner to outcast in a darkly comedic tale of madness, money, and misfortune.

There's no telling where luck will take you

Directed by
Runtime
101 min
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

After winning $6.2 million in the 1976 New York State Lottery, he is arrested for throwing rocks at a church. He then tells his story at the police station.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Kaja FehrShot by Steven FierbergScored by William OlvisDesigned by Bob Ziembicki

Box Office

1991 · Box office

Grossed $2.1M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$2.1M

Worldwide gross$2.1M

Also known as

  • Straße zum Glückde
  • Perseguitato dalla fortunait

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