Legal Tender (film)

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Legal Tender
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Directed by Jag Mundhra
Screenplay byBarry Roberts
Produced by Ashok Amritraj, Barry Roberts, Victor Bhalla, Brent Morris
Starring Tanya Roberts, Robert Davi, Morton Downey Jr.
Cinematography James Mathers
Edited byBrian Evans, David H. Lloyd
Music by William Kidd
Production
companies
Amritraj Productions, Prism Films, Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment
Distributed byPrism Entertainment Corporation
Release date
  • 1991 (1991)(United States)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

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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

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References

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