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Tequila Sunrise

A business on the line. A friendship on the edge. A woman caught in the middle.

1988 · R · 1h 55m

Directed by Robert Towne

6.1

TMDB audience score
622 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon Nick's loyalties are put to the test when he begins an affair with restaurateur Jo Ann -- a love interest of Mac's -- unwittingly leading his friend into a police-orchestrated trap.

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Cast

  • Mel Gibson
    Dale "Mac" McKussic

  • Michelle Pfeiffer
    Jo Ann Vallenari

  • Kurt Russell
    Lieutenant Nick Frescia

  • Raúl Juliá
    Commandante Xavier Escalante

  • J.T. Walsh
    DEA Agent Hal McGuire

  • Arliss Howard
    Gregg Lindroff

  • Arye Gross
    Andy Leonard

  • Gabriel Damon
    Cody McKussic

  • Daniel Zacapa
    Arturo, bartender at Vallenari's (credited as Garret Pearson)

  • Tom Nolan
    Leland

  • Eric Thiele
    Vittorio

  • Dawn Martel
    Sin Sister #1

  • Lala Sloatman
    Sin Sister #2

  • Budd Boetticher
    Judge Nizetitch

  • Ann Magnuson
    Shaleen McKussic

  • Kenny Moore
    Woody

  • Jason Randal
    Magician

  • Bob Swain
    Ralph Spudder