Legal Tender (film)

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 (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

Rikki Rennick and her drug-addicted brother Bud own a bar where she catches a poker player cheating. After a confrontation leads to an accident that leaves Bud disabled and uninsured, Rikki turns to shady insurance millionaire Mal Connery for a loan.

After a man she just met, Phil Trask, is brutally murdered by masked intruders, Rikki unknowingly ends up with a diskette containing evidence of Connery's crimes. Connery sends hitmen after her, but she is protected by her friend, private detective Fix Cleary.

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

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.

External links

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