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Drugstore Cowboy
Film / 1989

Drugstore Cowboy

Directed by Gus Van Sant
DramaCrime

★ 7.1/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.

Cast

Matt DillonBob Kelly LynchDianne James RemarGentry James Le GrosRick Heather GrahamNadine Beah RichardsDrug Counselor Grace ZabriskieBob's Mother Max PerlichDavid William S. BurroughsTom the Priest Eric HullDruggist John KellyCop George CatalanoTrousinski
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Janet BaumhoverNeighbor Lady Ted D'ArmsNeighbor Man Neal ThomasHalamer Stephen RutledgeHotel Manager Robert Lee PitchlynnHotel Clerk Roger HancockMachinist Michael ParkerCrying Boy Ray MongeAccomplice Gus Van SantHimself (uncredited)

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