Pink Cadillac (1989)

Director:

Buddy Van Horn

Writer (WGA):

John Eskow (written by)

Release Date:

26 May 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

It takes a real man to bring in a lady in a pink Cadillac.

Plot:

Skip tracer Tommy Nowak is tracking Lou Ann McGuinn for a bail bondsman in California. Lou Ann is also...

Plot Keywords:

Baby | Counterfeit | Casino | Motor Car Wash | Elvis Impersonator

Cast

Clint Eastwood	...	Tommy Nowak
Bernadette Peters	...	Lou Ann McGuinn
Timothy Carhart	...	Roy McGuinn
Tiffany Gail Robinson	...	McGuinn Baby
Angela Louise Robinson	...	McGuinn Baby
John Dennis Johnston	...	Waycross
Michael Des Barres	...	Alex
Jimmie F. Skaggs	...	Billy Dunston
Bill Moseley	...	Darrell
Michael Champion	...	Ken Lee
William Hickey	...	Mr. Barton
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Ricky Z
Gary Howard Klar	...	Randy Bates (as Gary Klar)
Dirk Blocker	...	Policeman #1
Leonard R. Garner Jr.	...	Policeman #2 (as Lenny Garner)

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Spain:13 | Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | West Germany:16 | South Korea:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG-13 | UK:15 | UK:15 (video rating) | UK:12 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Carson City, Nevada, USA

Company:

Malpaso Productions

Trivia:

The car in Pink Cadillac was bought in 1989 by Peter Heron, who shipped the car to Belfast. The car is now available for hire.

Quotes:

Tommy Nowak: You just have to play that little-girl-lost routine, don't you.
Lou Ann McGuinn: I'm still feminine. I'm a Cosmo fighter.
Tommy Nowak: Obviously a hardened criminal. I can tell by your kewpie-doll lips.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall (1997) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Never Givin' Up on Love

One of Clints lesser known films

As mentioned in another comment, this film is very, very similar to the brilliant De Niro movie Midnight Run which came out a year before this one. This one pales in comparison unfortunately. I wouldn't have thought it was a deliberate move by Eastwood to cash in on the success of Midnight Run, because I don't think Clint has to ride on anyone's coat tails, and was Midnight Run a big hit anyway? Actually this must be one of Clints least known films, its very rarely shown on TV here in Great Britain, in fact I think it went straight to video, a Clint Eastwood film straight to video! It must be really bad yeah? well no, not really, but not exactly great either. Its a pleasant enough way to spend a couple of hours, and does show Clint doing different things. He takes on different personas in his Bounty hunter role to catch the crooks including a DJ and a redneck, which I thought was hilarious, really funny. Bernadette Peters was really good in this I thought as well, bright and quirky. What really let it down was the gang of Nazi redneck bikers (or whatever they were meant to be), they bordered on comedy villains, in fact I kept waiting for Clyde the Orangatun to wander on screen and punch them out and drink all their beer! So one for Clint fans only I'm afraid (like me!) P.S See if you can spot Jim Carrey AND Canadian rocker Bryan Adams in the film.