Pink Cadillac (1989)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Buddy Van Horn

Writer (WGA):

John Eskow (written by)

Release Date:

26 May 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

It takes a real man to bring in a lady in a pink Cadillac.

Plot:

Skip tracer Tommy Nowak is tracking Lou Ann McGuinn for a bail bondsman in California. Lou Ann is also...

Plot Keywords:

Baby | Counterfeit | Casino | Motor Car Wash | Elvis Impersonator

Cast

Clint Eastwood	...	Tommy Nowak
Bernadette Peters	...	Lou Ann McGuinn
Timothy Carhart	...	Roy McGuinn
Tiffany Gail Robinson	...	McGuinn Baby
Angela Louise Robinson	...	McGuinn Baby
John Dennis Johnston	...	Waycross
Michael Des Barres	...	Alex
Jimmie F. Skaggs	...	Billy Dunston
Bill Moseley	...	Darrell
Michael Champion	...	Ken Lee
William Hickey	...	Mr. Barton
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Ricky Z
Gary Howard Klar	...	Randy Bates (as Gary Klar)
Dirk Blocker	...	Policeman #1
Leonard R. Garner Jr.	...	Policeman #2 (as Lenny Garner)

Also Known As:

Pink Cadillac (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
Cadillac Cor-de-Rosa (Portugal) [pt]
El cadillac rosa (Spain) [es]
I roz cadillac (Greece) [el]
Pink Cadillac (Finland) [fi]
Pink Cadillac (France) (video title) [fr]

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Spain:13 | Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | West Germany:16 | South Korea:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG-13 | UK:15 | UK:15 (video rating) | UK:12 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Carson City, Nevada, USA

Company:

Malpaso Productions

Trivia:

The car in Pink Cadillac was bought in 1989 by Peter Heron, who shipped the car to Belfast. The car is now available for hire.

Quotes:

[Lou Ann borrows a tight-fitting dress]
Tommy Nowak: Sweetheart, if there's any justice on this planet, they'll never make you give back that red dress.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall (1997) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Hawaiian War Chant

Well Made But Dull

Like most people I guess, I'd never heard of this movie (it not getting a theatrical release in the UK). But I like Clint so when it came around on late-night TV...

The leads are excellent, the script is witty, but the direction plods. The first third is so slow it almost had me reaching for the off switch. (A Pink Cadillac that runs on Valium, is no fun ride, me thinks.) Still I hung on in there and am not disappointed that I did.

Eastwood's attempt at playing "characters" was vaguely cringe-worthy. Let's face it, his best role is playing Clint Eastwood. Even so, he still has enough charm to get away with trying. Bernadette Peters adds subtlety, humor and integrity to her role. The film is well made. It hangs together. It was just never worth a special trip to the cinema. But fine on DVD or video with wine and a pizza.