Name: The Comeback Trail
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 2020-11-12
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones, Zach Braff, Emile Hirsch

2020·Comedy·1h 44m

6.9

★

Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. But they wind up getting more than they ever imagined.

Directed by George Gallo

insurance fraud

mafia

debt

aging actor

money problems

movie producer

Trailer

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Cast

Robert De Niro

Max Barber

Morgan Freeman

Reggie Fontaine

Tommy Lee Jones

Duke Montana

Zach Braff

Walter Creason

Emile Hirsch

James Moore

Kate Katzman

Megan Albert

Patrick Muldoon

Frank Pierce

Malcolm Barrett

Xavier Clay

Eddie Griffin

Devon

Vincent Spano

Joey Silva

Blerim Destani

Boris

Frances Lee McCain

Marge (Old Actress)

Crew

George Gallo

Director

George Gallo

Writer

Lucas Bielan

Director of Photography

Joel Michaely

Executive Producer

Julie Lott Gallo

Producer

David E. Ornston

Producer

Ray Bouderau

Executive Producer

James M. Churchman

Executive Producer

Natalie Burn

Co-Executive Producer

Rick Avery

Stunt Double

Dean E. Fronk

Casting

Donald Paul Pemrick

Casting

Popular Reviews

58 reviews

Jess Bock

6.0★ · 05/27/26

cool and fun film. it was more funny than sentimental when it was trying to be. also the little friendship between robert and tommy's characters was so cute my shaylas. ive also never heard morgan freeman swear that much in one film.

Leo

2.0★ · 04/09/26

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?"
— "𝑴𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆!"

Watchin' bad movies keeps me humble ← what you gotta tell yourself so you don't get annoyed about wasting your time

Alexander Brorsson

5.0★ · 03/21/26

Was fun at times, but not a great movie tbh

Svea

8.0★ · 01/09/26

Why was this lowkey epic?

Josh SchwazPRO

4.0★ · 07/24/25

This shi was terrible