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Drugstore Cowboy

Drugstore Cowboy

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 20, 1989

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Drama, Crime

User Score

71%

Original Title

Drugstore Cowboy

Production Companies

Avenue Pictures

Director

Gus Van Sant

Budget

$2,500,000

Revenue

$4,700,000

Description

Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.