The Blue Iguana

• Director: John J. Lafia
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Crime
• Movie Type: Crime Thriller, Post-Noir (Modern Noir)
• Themes: Dishonor Among Thieves
• Main Cast: Dylan McDermott, Jessica Harper, James Russo, Pam Gidley, Tovah Feldshuh
• Release Year: 1988
• Country: US
• Run Time: 88 minutes

Plot

In exchange for staying out of jail, down-and-out bounty hunter Vince Holloway (Dylan McDermott) agrees to work for corrupt IRS agents Vera (Tovah Feldshuh) and Strick (Dean Stockwell). Holloway travels to Diablo, a country run by criminals, to intercept a transfer of funds between crooked banker Cora (Jessica Harper) and gangster Reno (James Russo). Using a plot structure derived from Dashiell Hammett's novel Red Harvest, as well as from Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo and Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, Holloway forms competing alliances with all parties to steal the money. As expected, everyone tries to double-cross everyone else. A would-be parody of film noir and westerns, John Lafia's The Blue Iguana unfolds more like a cartoon or a pinball game. ~ Steve Press, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Dylan McDermott - Vince Holloway
• Jessica Harper - Cora
• James Russo - Reno
• Pam Gidley - Dakota
• Tovah Feldshuh - Detective Vera Quinn

Dean Stockwell - Detective Carl Strick; Katia Schkolnik - Mona; Flea - Floyd; Yano Anaya - Yano; Michelle Seipp - Zoe, Bartender; Don Pedro Colley - Boat Captain; Pedro Altamirano - Rubberhead; Alejandro Bracho - Hotel Clerk; Álvaro Carcaño - Teenager; Benny Corral - Roy; Jorge Luis Corzo - Gangster; John Durbin - Louis Sparks; Carlos Romano - Banker; Raul Araiza - Teenager; Alberto Colin - Gangster; Arturo Rodriguez Doring - Gangster; Eliett - Veronica; Enrique Garcia - Drunken Man; Jonathan Kano - Solo; Honorato Magaloni - Smuggler; Siro - Gangster; Amelia Zapata - Gangster; Jeff Gerrard

Credit

Jesus Buenrostro - Art Director, Winnie Fredriksz - Associate Producer, Jeff Gerrard - Casting, Claudia Becker - Casting, Felix Greco - Choreography, Steve Golin - Co-producer, Sigurjon Sighvatsson - Co-producer, Isis Mussenden - Costume Designer, John J. Lafia - Director, Scott Chestnut - Second Unit Director, Scott Chestnut - Editor, Michael Kuhn - Executive Producer, Nigel Sinclair - Executive Producer, Ethan James - Composer (Music Score), Glen Mont - Composer (Music Score), Freddie Ramos - Composer (Music Score), G. Marq Roswell - Musical Direction/Supervision, Cynthia Sowder - Production Designer, Rodolfo Sanchez Santinelli - Cinematographer, John J. Lafia - Producer, Michael Kuhn - Producer, Nigel Sinclair - Producer, Heidy Gomez - Set Designer, Sergio Nicolav - Set Designer, Bob Dreebin - Sound/Sound Designer, John Escobar - Stunts, John Escobar - Stunts Coordinator, John J. Lafia - Screenwriter

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Miller's Crossing; Yojimbo; A Fistful of Dollars

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