Main Cast: Dar Robinson, Burt Reynolds, Candice Bergen, George Segal, Charles Durning, Jose Perez
Release Year: 1985
Country: US
Run Time: 109 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Burt Reynolds directed and starred in this actioner from an Elmore Leonard novel about an ex-con living dangerously close to the drug traffickers in Miami. When Stick (Reynolds) arrives in Miami just out of prison, an old buddy of his is murdered, sending Stick on a wild and complex journey to track down the killers. Along the way, he meets the attractive Kyle (Candice Bergen), has to deal with Chucky (Charles Durning in a blond wig and loud tourist shirts), a mob go-fer, and the albino Moke (Dar Robinson). In order to better zap his enemies, Stick gets a job as chauffeur to rich Palm Beach underworld figure Barry (George Segal) -- and the plot coils and twists from there until the bad guys get their due. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Richard Lawson - Cornell; Castulo Guerra - Nestor; Alex Rocco - Firestone; Sachi Parker - Bobbi; Tricia Leigh Fisher - Katie; Tim Rossovich - Cecil; Deanna Lund - Diane; Carlos Cervantes - Nestor's Hood; John A. Garcia - Avilanosa; Jorge Gil - Chucky's Hood; Lamar Jackson - Edgar; Monica Lewis - Female Vocalist; Phanie Napoli - Luisa Rosa; Joey Pouliot - Tourist at Bar; Dudley Remus - Harvey; Thomas Rosales, Jr. - Nestor's Hood; Bert Rosario - Bodega Owner; Dar Robinson - Mike; Dave Cadiente - Nestor's Hood; April Clough - Chucky's Girl; Don Goldie Orchestra - Musician; Richard L. Duran - Nestor's Hood; Lenny Geer - Old Man; Armand Grossman - Chucky's Hood; John Keller - Singer; Bernie Knee - Singer; Ignacio Menocal - Nestor's Hood; Tommy Mercer - Singer; Don L. Moyer - Lionel; Augie Neves - Domino Player; Evie Sands - Latino Hooker; David Reynolds - Luis
Credit
Ed Richardson - Art Director, Norman Salling - Costume Designer, Burt Reynolds - Director, William D. Gordean - Editor, Joseph Conlan - Composer (Music Score), Barry de Vorzon - Composer (Music Score), Steve Dorff - Composer (Music Score), Tom Ellingwood - Makeup, Frank Griffin - Makeup, James Shanahan - Production Designer, Fred Koenekamp - Cinematographer, Nick McLean - Cinematographer, Robert Daley - Producer, William D. Gordean - Producer, Jennings Lang - Producer, Hank Moonjean - Producer, Phillip Abramson - Set Designer, Cliff Wenger, Jr. - Special Effects, Eric Roberts - Special Effects, Charles D. Knight - Sound/Sound Designer, Peter V. Herald - Unit Production Manager, Elmore Leonard - Screenwriter, Joseph C. Stinson - Screenwriter, Elmore Leonard - Book Author
Ernest "Stick" Stickley, a former car thief, has just been released from prison. He meets up with an old friend, Rainy, whose "quick stop" near the Florida Everglades before they go home is a drug deal that goes sour. With his friend dead, Stick needs to hide out for a while to elude the killers (who must eliminate him as a witness).
While laying low, Stick finds himself in the right place at the right time when he helps a millionaire eccentric named Barry get into his locked car. Hired as a driver, he has a comfortable home with a stable job and tries to make up for lost time with Katie, his teenaged daughter. Stick also finds a new flame in Kyle, a financial consultant who knows Barry.
Before he can move on, however, Stick confronts drug dealer Chucky to demand the money owed to his murdered friend. Chucky refuses and sends albino hitman Mokey after the ex-con. Stick can't get on with his new life without cleaning up old business first. He becomes the target of Mokey as well as the cartel that employes Chucky, led by the voodoo-obsessed Nestor.
A three-way confrontation on a high-rise balcony ends in Chucky's and Mokey's deaths. Stick must then rely on his quick wit and fists to deal with his final enemy, Nestor, who has kidnapped daughter Katie.
Stuntman Dar Robinson played the albino hitman Mokey. His character's death scene, falling from the side of a building while firing a gun, is considered one of the better stunts in Hollywood history. This was Robinson's first and last acting break, as he was fatally injured while filming a stunt the following year in 1986.
