Legal Tender (film)

Legal Tender
Legal Tender
	VHS cover
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
Release date	1991 (United States);
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

A beautiful bar owner (Tanya Roberts) has got in serious trouble as her secret job as an illegal poker dealer went wrong and led her to conflict with an influential but corrupted businessman (Morton Downey Jr.). An ex-cop turned private eye decides to help her out.

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.

External links

Legal Tender at AllMovie
Legal Tender at IMDb
Legal Tender at the TCM Movie Database
Legal Tender at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] Williams, Linda Ruth (2005). The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema. Indiana University Press. p. 306. ISBN 0-253-21836-5.

[2] 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.

[3] "Legal Tender (1991)". Letterboxd. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

[4] 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.

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