Screenplay Robert Towne
Director Robert Towne
Tequila Sunrise
Tagline: A business on the line. A friendship on the edge. A woman caught in the middle.
Release Date: 1988-12-02
Duration: 115 minutes
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.
Casting
- Mel GibsonDale "Mac" McKussic
- Michelle PfeifferJo Ann Vallenari
- Kurt RussellLieutenant Nick Frescia
- J.T. WalshDEA Agent Hal McGuire
- Arliss HowardGregg Lindroff
- Raúl JuliáCommandante Xavier Escalante
- Arye GrossAndy Leonard
- Gabriel DamonCody McKussic
- Efrain FigueroaCarlos' Man #1
- Daniel ZacapaArturo, bartender at Vallenari's (credited as Garret Pearson)
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