Pink Cadillac (1989)
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17% of critics liked it
(18 reviews) -
30% of users liked it
(9,069 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
- Directed By
- Buddy Van Horn, Wayne
- Written By
- John Eskow
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- May 26, 1989 Wide
- 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 Eastwood
as Tommy Nowak
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Bernadette Peters
as Lou Ann McGuinn
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Timothy Carhart
as Roy McGuinn
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John Dennis Johnston
as Waycross
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Michael Des Barres
as Alex
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Geoffrey Lewis
as Ricky Z
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William Hickey
as Mr. Barton
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Bill McKinney
as Bartender
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Paul Benjamin
as Judge
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Frances Fisher
as Dinah
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Jim Carrey
as Lounge Entertainer
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Mara Corday
as Stick Lady
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Gerry Bamman
as Buddy
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Cliff Bemis
as Jeff
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Dirk Blocker
as Policeman #1
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Michael Champion
as Ken Lee
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Roy Conrad
as Barker
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James Cromwell
as Motel Desk Clerk
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John Fleck
as Lounge Lizard
- Catherine Hickland
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Randy Kirby
as District Attorney
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Gary Howard Klar
as Randy Bates
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Bill Moseley
as Darrell
- Lloyd Nelson
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Sven Ole Thorsen
as Birthright Thug
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Jimmie F. Skaggs
as Billy Dunston
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Wayne Storm
as Jack Bass
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Travis Swords
as Capshaw's Attorney
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Bryan Adams
as Gas Station Attendant
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Angela Louise Robinson
as McGuinn Baby
- Tiffany Gail Robinson
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Linda Hoy
as Lou Ann's Attorney
- Phyllis Huffman
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Bob Harvey
as Skip Tracer in Diner
