Touch and Go (1986 film)

Touch and Go is a 1986 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Robert Mandel, starring Michael Keaton, María Conchita Alonso and Ajay Naidu.

Touch and Go
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert Mandel
Written byAlan Ormsby
Bob Sand
Harry Colomby
Produced byStephen J. Friedman
Starring
CinematographyRichard H. Kline
Edited byWalt Mulconery
Music byGeorges Delerue
Sylvester Levay
Production
company
Distributed byTri-Star Pictures
Release date
  • August 22, 1986 (1986-08-22)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million[1]
Box office$1,254,040

Plot

Bobby Barbato is a pro ice hockey player in Chicago. As always, he expects cheering crowds and beautiful women coming after him. But one day, a gang of youths begin to mug him but he manages to fend them off and then catches the youngest member of the gang, Louis DeLeon. He then gives Louis a ride home and meets the boy's mother, a Hispanic woman named Denise. After a fight, Bobby moves on with his life but then he and Denise begin to fall for each other and Louis eventually becomes close friends with the hockey player.

Cast

Production

The film was wrapped in late 1984 and intended for a 1985 release but then shelved, due to a change of studio representation–from Universal to Tri-Star–as well as extensive rescoring and reassembling of promotional ads during post-production.[2] Producer Stephen J. Friedman spent a year negotiating a switch in distributors from Universal to Tri-Star while the film was stuck in limbo.[3] It was then released in late 1986.

See also

References
  1. "AFI|Catalog". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Weisberg, Sam (9 May 2014). ""Touch and Go" (1986)". Hidden-films.com. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  3. "Up From Obscurity". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 13, 2023.


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