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Sooner or later, someone will pay the price. - Drugstore Cowboy
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Title: Drugstore Cowboy

Release Date: 20 Oct 1989

Runtime: 1h 42m

Genre: Drama, Crime

Director: Avenue Pictures

Production Companies: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.1 (541 votes)

Cast

  • Bob: Matt Dillon
  • Dianne: Kelly Lynch
  • Gentry: James Remar
  • Rick: James Le Gros
  • Nadine: Heather Graham
  • Drug Counselor: Beah Richards
  • Bob's Mother: Grace Zabriskie
  • David: Max Perlich
  • Tom the Priest: William S. Burroughs
  • Druggist: Eric Hull
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