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Drugstore Cowboy

Drama · Crime

Drugstore Cowboy

Sooner or later, someone will pay the price.

7.1(623) 10/20/1989 1h 42m
DramaCrime

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.

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Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon

Bob

Kelly Lynch

Kelly Lynch

Dianne

James Remar

James Remar

Gentry

James Le Gros

James Le Gros

Rick

Heather Graham

Heather Graham

Nadine

Beah Richards

Beah Richards

Drug Counselor

Grace Zabriskie

Grace Zabriskie

Bob's Mother

Max Perlich

Max Perlich

David

Directed by

Gus Van Sant

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CinemaSerf

7/10

11/9/2025

I reckon this might be the best effort I’ve seen from Matt Dillon as his “Bob” leads a small group of drug addicts who have finessed the art of stealing prescription medication from pharmacies and hospitals alike before retreating to a motel room and an amiable haze of booze and sex. He’s accompanied on his adventures by his wife “Dianne” (Kelly Lynch) and his understudy “Rick” (James Le Gros) and his gal “Nadine” (Heather Graham) who is very, very, green. Of course, their antics have attracted the attention of law enforcement and wily detective “Gentry” (James Remar) is soon on their trail. Aware that they might be living on borrowed time, they flee their usual stomping grounds until a tragedy befalls the group and that has quite a profound effect on a “Bob” who may now be having his own

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