''Legal Tender'' is a 1991 American
erotic thriller film directed by
Jag Mundhra
Jagmohan "Jag" Mundhra (29 October 1948 – 4 September 2011) was an Indian director, producer, and screenwriter, best known for his early career as an American exploitation film writer-director.
Family and early life
Mundhra was born at Nagp ...
and starring
Tanya Roberts
Tanya Roberts (born Victoria Leigh Blum; October 15, 1949 – January 4, 2021) was an American actress. She played Julie Rogers in the final season of the television series ''Charlie's Angels'' (1980–1981), Stacey Sutton in the James Bond fi ...
,
Robert Davi
Robert John Davi (born 1953) is an American actor, singer and filmmaker. Over the course of his acting career, Davi has performed in more than 130 films. Among his most known roles are opera-singing heavy Jake Fratelli in ''The Goonies'' (1985), ...
, and
Morton Downey Jr.
Sean Morton Downey Jr. (December 9, 1932 – March 12, 2001) was an American television talk show host and actor who pioneered the "trash TV" format in the late-1980s on his program ''The Morton Downey Jr. Show''.
Early life
Downey's parents we ...
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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Tanya Roberts
Tanya Roberts (born Victoria Leigh Blum; October 15, 1949 – January 4, 2021) was an American actress. She played Julie Rogers in the final season of the television series ''Charlie's Angels'' (1980–1981), Stacey Sutton in the James Bond fi ...
as Rikki Rennick
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Robert Davi
Robert John Davi (born 1953) is an American actor, singer and filmmaker. Over the course of his acting career, Davi has performed in more than 130 films. Among his most known roles are opera-singing heavy Jake Fratelli in ''The Goonies'' (1985), ...
as Fix Cleary
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Morton Downey Jr.
Sean Morton Downey Jr. (December 9, 1932 – March 12, 2001) was an American television talk show host and actor who pioneered the "trash TV" format in the late-1980s on his program ''The Morton Downey Jr. Show''.
Early life
Downey's parents we ...
as Mal Connery
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Carlos Palomino as Detective Hernandez
*Michael Greene as Ed Thorpe
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Charles McCaughan
Charles McCaughan is an American actor and director.
Filmography
Director and writer
*'' Angel on Fire'' (2005)
*'' Picture of Priority'' (1998)
Acting
*''The Cisco Kid'' (1994, TV) - Haynie
*''V.I. Warshawski'' (1991) - Trumble Grafalk
*''Legal ...
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
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Pete Koch
Peter Alan Koch (born January 23, 1962) is an American actor and a former American football player.
Early life, family and education
Peter Koch was born and raised in New Hyde Park, New York on Long Island. He attended New Hyde Park Memorial H ...
as Rudy Dushak
*Daryl Roach as Willy
References
External links
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* {{rotten-tomatoes, legal_tender, Legal Tender
1991 films
American erotic thriller films
Films directed by Jag Mundhra
1990s English-language films
1990s American films