Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
The story
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.
- drug dealer
- restaurant owner
- woman between two men
- cop
- organized crime
- best friend
- los angeles
- california
- drug lord
- seaside town
- best friends
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Directed
- Robert Towne
- Written
- Robert Towne
Production
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 · 602 ratings
- Studio
- Cinema City Films, The Mount Company, Warner Bros. Pictures
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