Synopsis

Release Date: 12/01/1971
Rating: R
Runtime: 1 hr 30 mins
Genre: Comedy drama
Director: Ivan Passer
Cast: George Segal , Karen Black , Jane Elder , Paula Prentiss

Born to Win is the grimly ironic title of this jet-black comedy about heroin addicts. George Segal plays Jay Jay, an ex-hairdresser who struggles to support his expensive drug habit. To avoid arrest, Jay Jay turns "narc," informing on his fellow junkies. Eventually Jay Jay's sense of self-hatred threatens to overwhelm him. Also released as Born to Lose and Addict, Born to Win was the first American film for Czech director Ivan Passer.

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