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No one gets away clean - Traffic
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Title: Traffic

Release Date: 27 Dec 2000

Runtime: 2h 27m

Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime

Director: USA Films, Initial Entertainment Group, Bedford Falls Productions, Laura Bickford Productions, Compulsion Inc.

Production Companies: USA Films, Initial Entertainment Group, Bedford Falls Productions, Laura Bickford Productions, Compulsion Inc.

Overview: An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.069 (2171 votes)

Cast

  • Robert Wakefield: Michael Douglas
  • Javier Rodriguez: Benicio del Toro
  • Helena Ayala: Catherine Zeta-Jones
  • Caroline Wakefield: Erika Christensen
  • Montel Gordon: Don Cheadle
  • Manolo Sanchez: Jacob Vargas
  • Eduardo Ruiz: Miguel Ferrer
  • Ray Castro: Luis Guzmán
  • Seth Abrahms: Topher Grace
  • Gen. Arturo Salazar: Tomas Milian
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