Legal Tender (film)
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| Directed by | Jag Mundhra |
| Screenplay by | Barry Roberts |
| Produced by | Ashok Amritraj, Barry Roberts, Victor Bhalla, Brent Morris |
| Starring | Tanya Roberts, Robert Davi, Morton Downey Jr. |
| Cinematography | James Mathers |
| Edited by | Brian Evans, David H. Lloyd |
| Music by | William Kidd |
Production companies | Amritraj Productions, Prism Films, Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Prism Entertainment Corporation |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Legal Tender is a 1991 American erotic thriller film[1] directed by Jag Mundhra and starring Tanya Roberts, Robert Davi, and Morton Downey Jr.[2][3]
Plot
Rikki Rennick and her drug-addicted brother Bud own a bar where she catches a poker player cheating. After a confrontation leads to an accident that leaves Bud disabled and uninsured, Rikki turns to shady insurance millionaire Mal Connery for a loan.
After a man she just met, Phil Trask, is brutally murdered by masked intruders, Rikki unknowingly ends up with a diskette containing evidence of Connery's crimes. Connery sends hitmen after her, but she is protected by her friend, private detective Fix Cleary.
Cast
- Tanya Roberts as Rikki Rennick
- Robert Davi as Fix Cleary
- Morton Downey Jr. as Mal Connery
- Carlos Palomino as Detective Hernandez[4]
- Michael Greene as Ed Thorpe
- Charles McCaughan as Bud Rennick
- Maria Rangel as Lorrie De Luca
- Wendy McDonald as Verna
- Robert Dean as Bobby Westcott
- Donald Nardini as Tony
- Craig Stepp as Phil Trask
- Pete Koch as Rudy Dushak
- Daryl Roach as Willy
References
- ^ Williams, Linda Ruth (2005). The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema. Indiana University Press. p. 306. ISBN 0-253-21836-5.
- ^ Singer, Michael (1993). Michael Singer's Film Directors: A Complete Guide. Lone Eagle. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-943728-60-5. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Legal Tender (1991)". Letterboxd. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Berumen, Frank Javier Garcia (4 November 2019). American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood. McFarland. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-4766-3647-4. Retrieved 26 May 2022.