Cocaine Wars is a 1985 Argentine-American action film directed by Héctor Olivera and starring John Schneider, Federico Luppi, Rodolfo Ranni and Royal Dano. It was written by Olivera, Steven M. Krauzer and David Viñas. The associate producer of the film was Fernando Ayala. It premiered in Argentina on June 25, 1985.
Cocaine Wars is one of the ten films that Roger Corman produced in Argentina during the 1980s.
Synopsis
Miami-based DEA agent Cliff Vickry (John Schneider) is in a South American nation (purportedly, Bolivia), working undercover within the organization of Gonzalo Reyes (Federico Luppi), the biggest cocaine exporter in South America. Cliff's significant other, Janet Meade (Kathryn Witt), is a reporter trying to gather evidence on Reyes. Reyes orders Cliff to kill Marcelo Villalba (John Vitali), a journalist who is running for his nation's position as president so he can bring Reyes down, but Cliff can't bring himself to kill Marcelo. Reyes is afraid Marcelo will put him out of business and is afraid that Janet's story will do the same thing, so Reyes sends someone else after Marcelo, and then Reyes has Janet kidnapped. Cliff is the only one who can rescue Janet and stop Reyes.
Cast
John Schneider as DEA Agent Cliff Vickry
Federico Luppi as Gonzalo Reyes
Royal Dano as Bailey
Rodolfo Ranni as General Luján
Kathryn Witt as Janet Meade
Ivan Grey as Klausmann
Richard Hamlin as Wilhelm
Edgar Moore as Rikki
Armand Capo as Oswaldo
Martin Korey as Gomez
Tom Cundom as Bailey's driver
Ken Edgar as Kenny
Joe Capanga as Miguel
Marcos Woinsky as Pugg
Jacques Arndt as Franco
Willy Marcos as Hernandos
John Vitali as Marcelo Villalba
Patti Davis as Rosita (as Patricia Davis) Haydée Padilla as Lola (as Heidi Paddle) Helen Grant as Pia Theodore McNabney as TV reporter #1 (as Ted McNabney) Patricia Scheuer as TV reporter #2 Martín Coria as Gómez Edgardo Moreira as Ricky Arturo Noal as Julio Miguel Ángel Solá José Pablo Feinmann Juan Vitali