The Blue Iguana
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| The Blue Iguana | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | John Lafia |
| Written by | John Lafia |
| Produced by | Steve Golin |
| Starring | Dylan McDermott Jessica Harper James Russo Pamela Gidley Tovah Feldshuh |
| Cinematography | Rodolfo Sánchez |
| Edited by | Scott Chestnut |
| Music by | Ethan James |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $161,398 |
The Blue Iguana is a 1988 American crime film directed by John Lafia and starring Dylan McDermott, Jessica Harper, Pamela Gidley and James Russo. The plot is about a bounty hunter who is blackmailed into stopping the transfer of twenty million dollars from a Mexican tax paradise into the United States. The film was screened out of competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Plot[]
IRS agents send a private eye (Dylan McDermott) to Mexico to recover money laundered by a banker (Jessica Harper) and her sidekick (James Russo).
Cast[]
- Dylan McDermott as Vince Holloway
- Jessica Harper as Cora
- James Russo as Reno
- Pamela Gidley as Dakota
- Yano Anaya as Yano
- Flea as Floyd
- Michele Seipp as Zoe 'The Bartender'
- Tovah Feldshuh as Detective Vera Quinn
- Dean Stockwell as Detective Carl Strick
- Katia Schkolnik as Mona
- John Durbin as Louie Sparks
- Eliett as Veronica
- Don Pedro Colley as Boat Captain
- Pedro Altamirano as Rubberhead
- Benny Corral as Roy
Reception[]
Roger Ebert gave The Blue Iguana a negative review and described it as "a smart-aleck parody of private-eye movies, but it knows as little about private eyes as it does about parodies, and movies".[2]
References[]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Blue Iguana". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
- ^ "The Blue Iguana". RogerEbert.com. April 22, 1988. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
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- American films
- American heist films
- Films directed by John Lafia
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