Pink Cadillac (1989)
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17% of critics liked it
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30% of users liked it
(8,827 ratings)
For his third film as a director and his third film directing Clint Eastwood, stunt-man Buddy Van Horn helmed this action comedy involving a skip tracer, some neo-nazis, and the titular vehicle. Eastwood stars as Tommy Nowak, a bounty hunter with a knack for catching bail-skippers with an array of… More For his third film as a director and his third film directing Clint Eastwood, stunt-man Buddy Van Horn helmed this action comedy involving a skip tracer, some neo-nazis, and the titular vehicle. Eastwood stars as Tommy Nowak, a bounty hunter with a knack for catching bail-skippers with an array of costumes and characters. After he captures a young woman (Bernadette Peters), he suddenly finds himself between the woman's good-for-nothing husband and his white supremacist cohorts and the wads of cash hidden in the pink Cadillac she's driving. With the skin-heads hot on their tail, a romance sparks between the skip-tracer and his captive. Written by John Eskow, Pink Cadillac costars Timothy Carhart and Michael Des Barres. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- PG-13, 2 hr. 5 min.
- Directed By
- Buddy Van Horn
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
- In Theaters
- May 26, 1989 Wide
- On DVD
- Sep 2, 2003
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
As a deeply personal work about free-floating existential identities, this 1989 film has the kind of grit and feeling that few action comedies can muster, with Eastwood and Peters interesting and unpredictable throughout.
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Caryn James, New York Times
It is the laziest sort of action comedy, with lumbering chase scenes, a dull-witted script and the charmless pairing of Mr. Eastwood and Bernadette Peters.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
An overlong, undercooked action comedy made out of retooled parts from other film vehicles.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
There's little that's new in the material, and nobody seems to have asked whether the emotional charge of blatant racism belongs in a lightweight story like this -- even if the racists are the villains.
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Hal Hinson, Washington Post
It's weightlessly, irredeemably enjoyable.
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Cast
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Clint Eastwoodas Tommy Nowak -
Bernadette Petersas Lou Ann McGuinn -
Timothy Carhartas Roy McGuinn
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John Dennis Johnstonas Waycross -
Michael Des Barresas Alex -
Geoffrey Lewisas Ricky Z
