The show was called 'Press Your Luck' and, in 1984, an Ohio man won a windfall on it, as dramatized in this retro-styled ...

Michael Larson, from Southwest Ohio, made history in 1984 when he won over $110,000 on the daytime game show, Press Your Luck ...

“The Luckiest Man in America” is an ironic title for the story of Michael Larson, the Ohio man who managed to win over $110,000 on a 1984 episode of the game show “Press Your Luck.

Paul Walter Hauser, who has made playing lovable losers his stock-in-trade, can't break through in "The Luckiest Man in America," which casts him as a "Press Your Luck" contestant who took the show ...

Paul Walter Hauser stars as a real-life contestant on “Press Your Luck” who pulled off an improbable trick. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

Samir Oliveros' sophomore feature turns a legendary daytime TV scandal into an ensemble thriller that wisely never strays from its Hollywood setting. Samir Oliveros’ “The Luckiest Man in ...

Paul Walter Hauser in The Luckiest Man in America. (IFC Films/Courtesy of Everett Collection) ...

“The Luckiest Man in America” is an ironic title for the story of Michael Larson, the Ohio man who managed to win more than $110,000 on a 1984 episode of the game show “Press Your Luck.

“The Luckiest Man in America” is an ironic title for the story of Michael Larson, the Ohio man who managed to win over $110,000 on a 1984 episode of the game show “Press Your Luck.

“The Luckiest Man in America” is an ironic title for the story of Michael Larson, the Ohio man who managed to win over $110,000 on a 1984 episode of the game show “Press Your Luck.