Dealers (film)
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| Directed by | Colin Bucksey |
| Produced by | William P Cartlidge |
| Written by | Andrew MacLear |
| Starring | Paul McGann Rebecca De Mornay Derek O'Connor John Castle Paul Guilfoyle Adrian Dunbar Sara Sugarman |
| Music by | Richard Hartley |
| Distributed by | Rank Organisation |
| Release date(s) | November 3, 1989(USA) |
| Running time | 87 min. |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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Dealers is a 1989 British film directed by Colin Bucksey. It stars Paul McGann and Rebecca De Mornay.
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[edit] Plot
Whitney Payne is an American owned City based Investment Bank reeling after the loss of £100million by one of its brokers, Tony Eisner, who subsequently commits suicide by shooting himself in the board room. It's up to the others to save the company and some are eager to take up Tony's now-vacant 'dollar book' position to do so. These include Robbie Barrell (O'Connor) and Daniel Pascoe (McGann). But tensions rise after the the directors of Whitney Payne employ a beautiful American broker named Anna Schuman (De Mornay) to pull the company out of the mess.
[edit] Cast
- Paul McGann as Daniel Pascoe
- Rebecca De Mornay as Anna Schuman
- Derek O'Connor as Robbie Barrell
- John Castle as Frank Mallory
- Paul Guilfoyle as Lee Peters
- Adrian Dunbar as Lennon Mayhew
- Sara Sugarman as Elana
[edit] Reception
Dealers received a fairly mixed response from its critics, some describing it as 'poorly acted' and 'poorly scripted', with others describing it as having an 'edge-of-your-seat climax'.
[edit] External Links
- Dealers at the Internet Movie Database
- Dealers at Rotten Tomatoes
