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Cisco Pike (1972) -- Ex-recording star, released from jail for dealing in drugs, returns to his girlfriend and promises to turn over a new leaf, a crooked cop has other ideas, however, and demands the rock star dispose of 100 kilos of marijuana over the weekend and give him $10,000.00.

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Director:
Bill L. Norton
Writer:
Bill L. Norton (written by)
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Release Date:
1 October 1979 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Gene Hackman and Kris Kristofferson and Karen Black and Viva and a footrace...a crooked cop...a lot of money and so little time. more
Plot:
Cisco is an ex-rock star who has become a drug dealer. A corrupt cop blackmails Cisco to sell marijuana for him... more | add synopsis
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Great first effort for Kris Kristofferson more (12 total)

Cast

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Kris Kristofferson ... Cisco Pike
Karen Black ... Sue

Gene Hackman ... Officer Leo Holland

Harry Dean Stanton ... Jesse Dupre (as H.D. Stanton)
Viva ... Merna
Joy Bang ... Lynn
Roscoe Lee Browne ... Music Store Owner
Chuy Franco ... Mexican Man
Severn Darden ... Lawyer
Herb Weil ... Suspicious Customer
Antonio Fargas ... Buffalo
Doug Sahm ... Rex (as Douglas Sahm)

Howard Hesseman ... Recording Engineer (as Don Sturdy)
Allan Arbus ... Sim Valensi (as Alan Arbus)
Frank Hotchkiss ... Motorcycle Officer
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Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:X (theatrical rating) | Sweden:15 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
Acrobat Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Seymour Cassel was set to star but left shortly before filming began. Kris Kristofferson was a last minute replacement. more
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Crew or equipment visible: Crew and tripod clearly visible in reflection of phone booth 23 minutes into the movie, after he rents the car. more
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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Great first effort for Kris Kristofferson, 15 June 2001
Author: Schlockmeister from Midnight Movie Land

What a great movie this is. It's low key through-out, but a terrific look back at the very early 70s in the California music business. Many 70s icons are here, you even see a lava lamp on a guy's desk!

In how many movies do you see Kris do the following... almost get busted by the cops for selling 10 kilos of primo killer weed to Woodstock icon Wavy Gravy, drag a drugged-up Harry Dean Stanton around who has been up for days and is impotent, receive oral favors from underground film star Viva, get naked with a 1960s porn star with the hysterical name of Joy Bang, eat a diner meal with a pimped-up Antonio Vargas and share a topless nude scene with Karen Black? It's all here, man! Add in Gene Hackman lurking around as a crooked narc and 100 keys of weed to sell in a weekend for no less than $10,000 and you have the making for an off-beat classic that hardly anyone knows about.

It has the low-budget look of a movie like "Billy Jack" and, at the very beginning, during the opening credits, will remind you of a TV movie. But this was no TV movie! As much drugs as a Cheech & Chong movie and a decent soundtrack if you like early Kristofferson. As a sidenote, in a flashback we see Kris and Harry Dean Stanton onstage at a concert that MUST have been filmed live and spliced into this movie. It ties in the claim that they both used to play together.

I am trying to think of what might make a good double-feature with this. Perhaps "Billy Jack", the first one. Just to get a bigger picture of early 70s small budget "indy" type movies. They both have a sort of outlaw storyline anyway.

If you can find it, get it. If it comes on TV, tape it. You won't regret it.

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