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Cocaine Cowboys (1979)

Cocaine Cowboys poster
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
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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)

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