Themes: Escape From Prison, Miscarriage of Justice, Rogue Cops
Main Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance, Brion James
Release Year: 1989
Country: US
Run Time: 104 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Sylvester Stallone tries his luck with his first cop buddy movie in Tango and Cash, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. Stallone is Ray Tango, a Los Angeles narcotics cop who dresses in fancy suits, wears wire-rim glasses, and talks to his stockbroker more than he talks to his mother. Kurt Russell is Gabriel Cash, another Los Angeles narcotics cop who has long, disheveled blonde hair and dresses in worn-out sweatshirts. Together, Tango and Cash are the two best narcs in LA, which causes drug baron Yves Perret (Jack Palance) no end of distress. Since Yves controls a billion-dollar drug empire, Tango and Cash have to be taken out of the picture in some way. So Yves arranges for Tango and Cash to be framed for a crime. But the duo accepts a plea bargain that will give them 18 months in a minimum-security prison. Unfortunately, Yves arranges for their destination to be diverted to a maximum-security hell-hole where Yves's minions proceed to torture Tango and Cash --although they still have time to trade quips with each other. Ultimately, they escape from their torture chamber and seek out Yves and his gang. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
James Hong - Quan; Michael J. Pollard - Owen; Marc Alaimo - Lopez; Philip Tan - Gunman/Chinese Guy; Duane Allen - Guard; Lewis Arquette - Wyler; Roy Brocksmith - Federal Agent Davis; Andre Rosey Brown - Cash's Cellmate; Edward Bunker - Capt. Holmes; Michael Francis Clarke - Reporter; Dori Courtney - Dressing Room Girl; Ron Cummins - Customer; John Walter Davis - Slobber; Patricia Davis - Reporter; Ed de Fusco - Federal Agent; Salvador R. Espinoza - Weasel; Richard Fancy - Nolan; Jack Goode, Jr. - Federal Agent; Clint Howard - Slinky; Michael Jeter - Skinner; Savely Kramarov - Car Owner; Tamara Landry - Girl in Bar; Geoffrey Lewis; Jerry Martinez - Santos; Leslie Morris - Hendricks; Glenn Morshower - Coworker; Lucia Neal - Dressing Room Girl; Phil Rubenstein - Sokowski; Bing Russell - Van Driver; Shabba-Doo - Dancer; Dale Swann - Captain; Alphonse V. Walter - Station Cop; Larry White - Cop; Robert Z'Dar - Face; Paul Lewis - Customer; Robert David Armstrong - Club Doorman; David Byrd - Judge; Richard L. Duran - Prisoner; Anne Marie Gillis - Reporter; Kristen Hocking - Lynn; Larry Humberger - Federal Agent; Anna Joyner - Girl in Bar; Roxanne Kernohan - Dressing Room Girl; Susan Krebs - Prosecutor; David Lea - Sonny; Tammy Richardson - Reporter; Peter Stensland - Kagan; Elizabeth Sung - Interpreter; Martin Valinsky - Bailiff; Geoff Vanderstock - Federal Agent; Christopher Wolf - State Trooper; Mark Wood - Desk Cop; Donald Zinn - Guard; David Phillips - Inmate
Credit
Richard G. Berger - Art Director, David F. Klassen - Art Director, Tony Munafo - Associate Producer, Glenn Daniels - Casting, Jeffery Hornaday - Choreography, Peter Guber - Co-producer, Jon Peters - Co-producer, Larry Franco - Co-producer, Bernie Pollack - Costume Designer, Andrei Konchalovsky - Director, Stuart Baird - Editor, Robert A. Ferretti - Editor, Hubert de la Bouillerie - Editor, Peter MacDonald - Executive Producer, Harold Faltermeyer - Composer (Music Score), Dennis Liddiard - Makeup, Gary D. Liddiard - Makeup, Fred Smith - Camera Operator, J. Michael Riva - Production Designer, Donald Thorin - Cinematographer, Jon Avnet - Producer, Louis Mann - Set Designer, Marvin March - Set Designer, Alan S. Kaye - Set Designer, Jon G. Belyeu - Special Effects, M. James Arnett - Stunts, James M. Halty - Stunts, Pete Antico - Stunts, Randy Feldman - Screenwriter
