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 by | Héctor Olivera |
| Screenplay by | Steven M. Krauzer |
| Story by | Héctor Olivera David Viñas |
| Produced by | Roger Corman Alejandro Sessa Fernando Ayala (associate producer) Luis Osvaldo Repetto (associate producer – uncredited) |
| Starring | John Schneider Royal Dano Federico Luppi Rodolfo Ranni Patti Davis |
| Cinematography | Victor Hugo Caula Victor Kaulen |
| Edited by | Eduardo López Edward Lowe |
| Music by | George Brock Jorge López Ruiz |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Concorde Pictures Aries Cinematográfica Argentina |
Release date | June 25, 1985 |
Running time | 82 minutes |
| Countries | Argentina United States |
| Languages | English 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 Adams (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 ... DEA Agent Cliff Adams
- Federico Luppi ... Gonzalo Reyes
- Royal Dano ... Bailey
- Rodolfo Ranni ... General Luján
- Kathryn Witt ... Janet Meade
- Ivan Grey ... Klausmann
- Richard Hamlin ... Wilhelm
- Edgar Moore ... Rikki
- Armand Capo ... Oswaldo
- Martin Korey ... Gomez
- Tom Cundom ... Bailey's driver
- Ken Edgar ... Kenny
- Joe Capanga ... Miguel
- Marcos Woinsky ... Pugg
- Jacques Arndt ... Franco
- Willy Marcos ... Hernandos
- John Vitali ... Marcelo Villalba
- Patti Davis ... Rosita (as Patricia Davis)
- Haydée Padilla ... Lola (as Heidi Paddle)
- Helen Grant ... Pia
- Theodore McNabney ... TV reporter #1 (as Ted McNabney)
- Patricia Scheuer ... TV reporter #2
- Martín Coria ... Gómez
- Edgardo Moreira ... Ricky
- Arturo Noal ... Julio
- Miguel Ángel Solá
- José Pablo Feinmann
- Juan Vitali
References
- "Hollywood in Don Torcuato (first part)": When Roger Corman and his B-movies invaded Argentina Archived 2013-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Cinematófilos.com.ar (in Spanish)