Just the Ticket

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Just the Ticket
Just the Ticket theatrical poster
Directed by	Richard Wenk
Written by	Richard Wenk
Produced by	Andy García Gary Lucchesi
Starring	Andy García Andie MacDowell
Production company	United Artists
Distributed by	MGM Distribution Co.
Release dates	February 1998 (1998-02) (AFM) February 26, 1999 (1999-02-26) (United States)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$12 million
Box office	$430,404

Just the Ticket is a 1998 film directed by Richard Wenk. It stars Andy García and Andie MacDowell. Garcia was also the producer. The film was originally titled A Piece of Cake.

Plot[]

Gary Starke (Garcia) is a New York City ticket scalper who, in the old traditional style of scalping "works the street", known as "the walk", as opposed to the plethora of modern-day ticket brokers who ply the Internet for sales. Yet when his girlfriend Linda (MacDowell) gets enough of his lifestyle and leaves him, he decides to mend his ways and make one last big score, something that will help him win Linda back and straighten out his life. He finds his chance in an epiphanic moment; an opportunity to scalp a large stack of tickets to see the hottest show in town --- the Pope at Yankee Stadium.

Cast[]

• Andy Garcia as Gary Starke
• Andie MacDowell as Linda Palinski
• Richard Bradford as Benny Moran
• Alice Drummond as Lady with Cash
• Fred Asparagus as Zeus
• Louis Mustillo as Harry the Head
• as Refund Lady at the Met
• Patrick Breen as San Diego Vinnie
• Laura Harris as Alice / 'Cyclops'
• Don Novello as Tony
• Ron Leibman as Barry the Book
• Michael Willis as TV Customer
• Jack Cafferty as Newscaster
• as Catholic Schoolgirl Fanny
• as Catholic Schoolgirl Lucy
• Abe Vigoda as Arty
• as Casino
• Michael P. Moran as Fat Max
• Ronald Guttman as Culinary Director
• Helen Carey as Mrs. Bennett, New York Times Food Critic
• Bobo Lewis as Mrs. Dolmatch
• as Rhonda
• Irene Worth as Mrs. Haywood
• Lenny Venito as Stanley
• Richard Wenk as Good Call Johnny D.J.
• as Undercover Cop
• Anthony DeSando as Kenny Paliski
• Elizabeth Ashley as Mrs. Paliski
• Sully Boyar as Uncle Tony
• Joe Frazier as Himself
• Alfredo Álvarez Calderón as Yankee Stadium Security Chief
• Eugene Greytak as The Pope (as Gene Greytak)
• Bill Irwin as Ray Charles

Reception[]

Just the Ticket was poorly received by critics. It holds a rating of 23% on Rotten Tomatoes from 13 reviews.^[1]

See also[]

• Ticket resale

References[]

External links[]

• Just the Ticket at IMDb
• Just the Ticket at Rotten Tomatoes
• Just the Ticket at Box Office Mojo

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