Cocaine Wars is a 1985

1985 in film

-Events:* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.* The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out Of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.* Bliss wins AFI Award for best Movie...

 Argentine

Argentina

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-U.S. action film

Action film

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 drama

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 directed by Héctor Olivera

Héctor Olivera

Héctor Olivera is a film director, producer and screenwriter.He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, but has contributed to numerous films in the United States.-Biography:...

 and written by Olivera alongside Steven M. Krauzer and David Viñas

David Viñas

David Viñas was an Argentine dramatist, critic, and novelist.-Life and career:Viñas grew up in Buenos Aires, and enrolled in the University of Buenos Aires, becoming head of the student organization Federación Universitaria de Buenos Aires...

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The associate producer of the film was Fernando Ayala

Fernando Ayala

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. The film starred John Schneider

John Schneider (television actor)

John Richard Schneider III is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Bo Duke in the 1980s American television series The Dukes of Hazzard, and as Jonathan Kent on Smallville, a 2001 television adaptation of Superman.Alongside his acting career, Schneider performed as a...

 and premiered in Argentina on August 1, 1985.

Plot

Miami DEA

DEA

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 agent Cliff Adams is in South America

South America

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 working undercover

Undercover

Being undercover is disguising one's own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information or to gain the trust of targeted individuals in order to gain information or evidence...

 for Gonzalo Reyes, a drug dealer who has become the biggest cocaine

Cocaine

Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...

 exporter of the region. The assignment becomes personal after the kingpin

Kingpin

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 behind the drug-ring murders Cliff's partner. The agent's own life is jeopardized after he refuses to perform a hit for the drug lord, so he decides to strike back before it's too late.

Cast

• John Schneider
  John Schneider (television actor)
  John Richard Schneider III is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Bo Duke in the 1980s American television series The Dukes of Hazzard, and as Jonathan Kent on Smallville, a 2001 television adaptation of Superman.Alongside his acting career, Schneider performed as a...
  
   .... DEA Agent Cliff Adams
• Kathryn Witt .... Janet Meade
• Royal Dano
  Royal Dano
  Royal Edward Dano was an American film and television character actor.-Early life:Dano was born in New York City to Mary Josephine , an Irish immigrant, and Caleb Edward Dano, a printer for newspapers. He reportedly left home at the age of twelve and at various intervals, lived in Florida, Texas...
  
   .... Bailey
• Federico Luppi .... Gonzalo Reyes
• Rodolfo Ranni
  Rodolfo Ranni
  Rodolfo Ranni is an Italian Argentine film actor.He has made over 85 film and TV appearances since 1958. More recently he has appeared in Argentine television dramas.-External links: ....
  
   .... Gen. Luján
• Ivan Grey .... Klausmann
• Richard Hamlin .... Wilhelm
• Edgar Moore .... Rikki
• Armand Capo .... Oswaldo
• Martin Korey .... Gomez
• Tom Cundom .... Bailey's driver
• Ken Edgar .... Kenny
• Joe Capanga .... Miguel
• Marcos Woinsky .... Pugg
• Jacques Arndt .... Franco
• Willy Marcos .... Hernandos
• John Vitali .... Marcelo Villalba
• Patti Davis
  Patti Davis
  Patti Davis is an American actress and author. She is the daughter of former President of the United States Ronald Reagan and Reagan's second wife, First Lady Nancy Reagan...
  
   .... Rosita (as Patricia Davis)
• Haydée Padilla .... Lola (as Heidi Paddle)
• Helen Grant .... Pia
• Theodore McNabney .... TV reporter #1 (as Ted McNabney)
• Patricia Scheuer .... TV reporter #2
• Martín Coria .... Gómez
• Edgardo Moreira .... Ricky
• Arturo Noal .... Julio
• Miguel Ángel Solá
  Miguel Ángel Solá
  Miguel Ángel Solá is a prolific Argentine actor who has made over 60 film appearances in film and TV in Argentina since 1973....
  
  
• Juan Vitali

External links

• Cocaine Wars at Rotten Tomatoes
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