Cocaine Cowboys (1979)

Directed by

Ulli Lommel

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

R

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A drug smuggler wants to quit the narcotics business and start a new life as a rock musician. The story follows his attempts to make that change.

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What happens

Cocaine Cowboys is a 1979 American crime drama film directed by Ulli Lommel and starring Tom Sullivan and Jack Palance. The film follows a drug smuggler who attempts to leave the narcotics trade behind by reinventing himself as a rock musician. Inspired in part by Sullivan's own experiences, the production was financed by Sullivan and filmed primarily at the Montauk estate of Andy Warhol, who makes a cameo appearance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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