Tequila Sunrise (film)

Tequila Sunrise is a 1988 American crime thriller film written and directed by Robert Towne. It stars Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell, with Ral Juli, J. T. Walsh, Arliss Howard and Gabriel Damon in supporting roles.

Dale Mac McKussic Mel Gibson is a former drug dealer trying to go straight. His close friend Nick Frescia Kurt Russell is a Detective Lieutenant with the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department who, in spite of their longterm relationship going back to high school, is dutybound to bring Mac to justice if he is selling drugs again, as DEA Agent Hal Maguire J. T. Walsh believes to be the case.Mac is attracted to stylish restaurant owner Jo Ann Vallenari Michelle Pfeiffer. Nick becomes acquainted with Jo Ann while attempting to learn more about Macs activities, in particular his relationship with the Mexican drug kingpin Carlos, whom the DEA agents and Mexican federal police commandante Escalante Raul Julia believe is coming to town. Mac has a legitimate business and is raising a son, trying to distance himself from his former drug smuggling ways. But he tries to help his lawyer Arye Gross sell some cocaine, and feels indebted to his old friend Carlos, who is pressuring Mac to do one last job. ........

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