Drugstore Cowboy

Drugstore Cowboy

7.1IMDb Score
Released:1989-10-20
Duration:102 min
Director:Gus Van Sant
Actors:Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Remar, James Le Gros, Heather Graham
Production:Avenue Pictures

Overview:

Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.

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