On the Nose (2001) Dan Aykroyd Robbie Coltrane Brenda Blethyn Glynis Barber

Delaney (Coltrane) is a janitor at a university who has a fondness for gambling, especially betting on horse races. However, he doesn t have much skill at it, and poorly considered bets have drained the bank account he d set aside for his daughter s education. Delaney s wife (Blethyn) has made Delaney promise to give up gambling, but when their daughter Sinead (Sinead Keenan) announces she s just been accepted to Trinity College in Ireland, Delaney has to come up with the tuition money, and fast. While doing his sweeping at work, Delaney makes a remarkable discovery the preserved head of an aboriginal tribesman who, under proper conditions, can pick the winners in horse races.