Finder's Fee (film)

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Finder's Fee
Finder's Fee DVD cover
Directed by	Jeff Probst
Produced by	Brad Van Arragon Katy Wallin Shawn Williamson
Written by	Jeff Probst, from a story by Jim Gulian
Starring	Erik Palladino James Earl Jones Ryan Reynolds Dash Mihok Matthew Lillard Robert Forster
Music by	Rob King B. C. Smith
Cinematography	Francis Kenny
Editing by	Brian Berdan
Distributed by	Lions Gate Films Silverline Pictures
Release date(s)	June 16, 2001 Seattle International Film Festival June 19, 2001 Method Fest Independent Film Festival October 28, 2003 DVD
Running time	100 Minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	Unknown
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Finder's Fee is an American film. It was directed by Jeff Probst from his original screenplay. The story is based on an actual event that occurred to Probst.

[edit] Plot

The film takes place over the course of a single evening. Tepper, played by Erik Palladino, finds a wallet on his way home from work. He contacts the owner of the wallet by telephone, and then later discovers that the wallet contains the winning ticket for a lottery.

Complications arise when Tepper's friends come over for their regular poker night. One of the conditions of the game is that everyone purchase a ticket for the lottery, to be thrown into the pot. The game is played as a freezeout, with the winner collecting all the tickets and any prizes they may be worth. When the owner of the wallet, played by James Earl Jones, arrives, he realizes that the winning ticket is in the pot, and stays to play in the game.