Cocaine Wars

Cocaine Wars is a 1985 Argentine-American action film directed by Héctor Olivera and starring John Schneider, Federico Luppi, Rodolfo Ranni and Royal Dano. It was written by Olivera, Steven M. Krauzer and David Viñas. The associate producer of the film was Fernando Ayala. It premiered in Argentina on June 25, 1985.

Cocaine Wars
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHéctor Olivera
Screenplay bySteven M. Krauzer
Story byHéctor Olivera
David Viñas
Produced byRoger Corman
Alejandro Sessa
Fernando Ayala (associate producer)
Luis Osvaldo Repetto (associate producer – uncredited)
StarringJohn Schneider
Royal Dano
Federico Luppi
Rodolfo Ranni
Patti Davis
CinematographyVictor Hugo Caula
Victor Kaulen
Edited byEduardo López
Edward Lowe
Music byGeorge Brock
Jorge López Ruiz
Production
companies
Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
New Horizons
Distributed byConcorde Pictures
Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
Release date
June 25, 1985
Running time
82 minutes
CountriesArgentina
United States
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish

Cocaine Wars is one of the ten films that Roger Corman produced in Argentina during the 1980s.[1]

Synopsis

Miami-based DEA agent Cliff Vickry (John Schneider) is in a South American nation (purportedly, Bolivia), working undercover within the organization of Gonzalo Reyes (Federico Luppi), the biggest cocaine exporter in South America. Cliff's significant other, Janet Meade (Kathryn Witt), is a reporter trying to gather evidence on Reyes. Reyes orders Cliff to kill Marcelo Villalba (John Vitali), a journalist who is running for his nation's position as president so he can bring Reyes down, but Cliff can't bring himself to kill Marcelo. Reyes is afraid Marcelo will put him out of business and is afraid that Janet's story will do the same thing, so Reyes sends someone else after Marcelo, and then Reyes has Janet kidnapped. Cliff is the only one who can rescue Janet and stop Reyes.

Cast

  • John Schneider as DEA Agent Cliff Vickry
  • Federico Luppi as Gonzalo Reyes
  • Royal Dano as Bailey
  • Rodolfo Ranni as General Luján
  • Kathryn Witt as Janet Meade
  • Ivan Grey as Klausmann
  • Richard Hamlin as Wilhelm
  • Edgar Moore as Rikki
  • Armand Capo as Oswaldo
  • Martin Korey as Gomez
  • Tom Cundom as Bailey's driver
  • Ken Edgar as Kenny
  • Joe Capanga as Miguel
  • Marcos Woinsky as Pugg
  • Jacques Arndt as Franco
  • Willy Marcos as Hernandos
  • John Vitali as Marcelo Villalba
  • Patti Davis as Rosita (as Patricia Davis)
  • Haydée Padilla as Lola (as Heidi Paddle)
  • Helen Grant as Pia
  • Theodore McNabney as TV reporter #1 (as Ted McNabney)
  • Patricia Scheuer as TV reporter #2
  • Martín Coria as Gómez
  • Edgardo Moreira as Ricky
  • Arturo Noal as Julio
  • Miguel Ángel Solá
  • José Pablo Feinmann
  • Juan Vitali

References


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