Drugstore Cowboy poster
Screenplay Gus Van Sant, Daniel Yost
Director Gus Van Sant

Drugstore Cowboy

Release Date: 1989-10-20

Duration: 98 minutes

Synopsis

Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.

Casting

  • Heather Graham
    Nadine
  • James Remar
    Gentry
  • Matt Dillon
    Bob
  • James Le Gros
    Rick
  • Max Perlich
    David
  • Kelly Lynch
    Dianne
  • Grace Zabriskie
    Bob's Mother
  • Gus Van Sant
    Himself (uncredited)
  • Beah Richards
    Drug Counselor
  • William S. Burroughs
    Tom the Priest