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A MILLION TO ONE

By Paul RODRIGUEZ

INVINCIBLE ENTERTAINMENT - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, World / BROAD

Family - Completed 1994

- Year of production
- 1994
- Genres
- Family, Social issues, Comedy
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH-UNITED STATES, PORTUGUESE, SPANISH
- Duration
- 97 mn
- Director(s)
- Paul RODRIGUEZ
- Cast
- Paul RODRIGUEZ, Tony PLANA, Bert ROSARIO, Polly DRAPER, Jonathan HERNANDEZ, Larry LINVILLE, Victor RIVERS, Maria RANGEL
- Producer(s)
- Barry L. COLLIER, Steven PAUL
- Synopsis
- This comedy, set in the barrios East L.A. is loosely based upon Mark Twain's parable The Million Pound Bank Note. The new version tells the tale of Juan Lopez a nice, but uneducated hombre trying to earn enough money to support his little boy. Though Juan was born in the States, he lacks proper documentation and is sent back to Mexico. Now he sells oranges at an intersection. His life looks hopeless when a limousine pulls up and he is handed an envelope containing a check for one million dollars. He is told that he has one month. If he uses the money correctly he will get an award. Juan is suspicious and takes it to his immigration worker who encourages him to check it out. A Beverly Hills banker almost has apoplexy upon examining the check and Juan knows he has the real thing. Now the good-hearted Juan must avoid the temptations, and the greedy people that suddenly surround him.