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Tequila Sunrise
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.
1988 · Directed by Robert Towne · 115 min · Thriller · Crime · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
A business on the line. A friendship on the edge. A woman caught in the middle.
Crew
- Screenplay: Robert Towne
- Cinematography: Conrad Hall
- Edited by: Claire Simpson
- Music: Dave Grusin
- Production design: Richard Sylbert
- Produced by: Thom Mount
Cast
- Mel Gibson as Dale "Mac" McKussic
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Jo Ann Vallenari
- Kurt Russell as Lieutenant Nick Frescia
- Raúl Juliá as Commandante Xavier Escalante
- J.T. Walsh as DEA Agent Hal McGuire
- Arliss Howard as Gregg Lindroff
- Arye Gross as Andy Leonard
- Gabriel Damon as Cody McKussic
- Daniel Zacapa as Arturo, bartender at Vallenari's (credited as Garret Pearson)
- Tom Nolan as Leland
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: Cinema City Films, The Mount Company, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $23,000,000
- Box office: $105,900,000
- Themes: drug dealer, restaurant owner, woman between two men, cop, organized crime, best friend, los angeles, california, drug lord, seaside town, best friends
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