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The Blue Iguana

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Wikipedia article




'The Blue Iguana' is a 1988 American crime film directed by John Lafia and starring Dylan McDermott, Jessica Harper, Pamela Gidley and James Russo. The plot is about a bounty hunter who is blackmailed into stopping the transfer of twenty million dollars from a Mexican tax paradise into the United States. The film was screened out of competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot



IRS agents send a private eye (Dylan McDermott) to Mexico to recover money laundered by a banker (Jessica Harper) and her sidekick (James Russo).

Cast



* Dylan McDermott as Vince Holloway

* Jessica Harper as Cora

* James Russo as Reno

* Pamela Gidley as Dakota

* Yano Anaya as Yano

* Flea as Floyd

* Michele Seipp as Zoe 'The Bartender'

* Tovah Feldshuh as Detective Vera Quinn

* Dean Stockwell as Detective Carl Strick

* Katia Schkolnik as Mona

* John Durbin as Louie Sparks

* Eliett as Veronica

* Don Pedro Colley as Boat Captain

* Pedro Altamirano as Rubberhead

* Benny Corral as Roy

Reception



Roger Ebert gave 'The Blue Iguana' a negative review and described it as "a smart-aleck parody of private-eye movies, but it knows as little about private eyes as it does about parodies, and movies".

References




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