Tequila Sunrise
“A business on the line. A friendship on the edge. A woman caught in the middle.”
In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon Nick's loyalties are put to the test when he begins an affair with restaurateur Jo Ann -- a love interest of Mac's -- unwittingly leading his friend into a police-orchestrated trap.
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Cast
33 people
Mel Gibson
Dale "Mac" McKussic
Known for
Braveheart
Signs
Michelle Pfeiffer
Jo Ann Vallenari
Known for
Scarface
Dark Shadows
Kurt Russell
Lieutenant Nick Frescia
Known for
The Hateful Eight
The Thing
Raúl Juliá
Commandante Xavier Escalante
Known for
The Addams Family
Street Fighter
J.T. Walsh
DEA Agent Hal McGuire
Known for
Breakdown
A Few Good Men
Arliss Howard
Gregg Lindroff
Known for
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Full Metal Jacket
Arye Gross
Andy Leonard
Known for
House II: The Second Story
Minority Report
Gabriel Damon
Cody McKussic
Known for
The Land Before Time
RoboCop 2
Daniel Zacapa
Arturo, bartender at Vallenari's (credited as Garret Pearson)
Known for
Se7en
The River
Tom Nolan
Leland
Known for
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Dead Heat
Eric Thiele
Vittorio
No other roles listed
Dawn Martel
Sin Sister #1
Also in
The Christmas Path
Robert Towne Director · Dave Grusin Composer Conrad Hall Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $106M · Budget $23M · United States release December 2, 1988
Box office
Budget
$23,000,000
Worldwide gross
$105,900,000
Gross vs. budget
4.6×
Production
Cinema City Films
Production
The Mount Company
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · December 2, 1988
Theatrical
Andorra
March 29, 1989 · Theatrical
Argentina
March 30, 1989 · Theatrical
Australia
February 2, 1989 · Theatrical
Austria
March 1, 1989 · Theatrical
Brazil
April 21, 1989 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 14, 1989 · Theatrical
Finland
March 17, 1989 · Theatrical
France
March 29, 1989 · Theatrical
Germany
March 23, 1989 · Theatrical · West Germany release
Greece
May 25, 1989 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 22, 1990 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 12, 1989 · Theatrical
Italy
April 14, 1989 · Theatrical
Japan
February 17, 1990 · Theatrical
Liechtenstein
March 23, 1989 · Theatrical
Monaco
March 29, 1989 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 25, 1989 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 14, 1989 · Theatrical
San Marino
April 14, 1989 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 3, 1989 · Theatrical
Taiwan
June 17, 1989 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 31, 1989 · Theatrical
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