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Tucker: The Man and His Dream

When they tried to buy him, he refused. When they tried to bully him, he resisted. When they tried to break him, he became an American legend. The true story of Preston Tucker.

1988★ 6.7 · 4341h 51mDrama

Overview

Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.

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Cast

Christian Slater
as Junior

Jeff Bridges
as Preston Tucker

Sofia Coppola
as Girl at Mellon Publicity Event (uncredited)

Joan Allen
as Vera

Elias Koteas
as Alex

Dean Stockwell
as Howard Hughes

Martin Landau
as Abe

Jay O. Sanders
as Kirby

Mako
as Jimmy

Lloyd Bridges
as Senator Homer Ferguson (uncredited)

Nina Siemaszko
as Marilyn Lee

Frederic Forrest
as Eddie

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Release date: 1988-08-12

Budget: $23,000,000

Revenue: $19,652,638

Runtime: 1h 51m

Genres

Drama

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