Main Cast: Ray Sharkey, Ornella Muti, Klaus Kinski, Armand Assante, King Vidor
Release Year: 1982
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
James Toback wrote and directed this typically intense and idiosyncratic satiric thriller. Byron Levin (Ray Sharkey) is an investment planner who has grown tired of his job and is bored by his relationship with his girlfriend Vicky (Susan Heldfond). When Frederick Stockheinz (Klaus Kinski), an international business magnate, approaches Byron about helping him establish a new firm in a small South American nation, he gladly accepts the offer. It isn't long before Byron discovers that he's gotten involved in something far more complicated than he ever imagined. The country has rich reserves of silver, but it is also in a state of political upheaval, and Byron is dealing with dictators and fending off revolutionaries as often as he minds the bottom line. Byron also encounters Frederick's wife Catherine (Ornella Muti), a beautiful woman with whom he begins having a very dangerous affair. Love and Money also features legendary director King Vidor in a small role as Byron's father; it was his first acting role in a film, and his last (he died nine months after the film's release). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Susan Heldfond - Vicky; William Prince - Ambassador Paultz; Tony Sirico - Raoul; Jacqueline Brookes - Mrs. Paultz; Daniel Faraldo - Hector; Terry Jastrow - Clem Dixon; Tom McFadden - Blair; Sonny Gibson - Bodyguard; Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr. - Gen. Sanzer; Nastassja Kinski; Tony Plana - National Guard General; Stephen Keep - Hankland; Breck Costin - Hotel Doorman; Gene Rutherford - Hotel Waiter
Credit
Lee Fischer - Art Director, Richard McWhorter - Associate Producer, James Toback - Director, Dennis M. Hill - Editor, Fred Schuler - Cinematographer, Richard McWhorter - Production Manager, James Toback - Producer, Bud Alper - Sound/Sound Designer, James Toback - Screenwriter, Aaron Copland - Featured Music
