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Cocktail

Release Date:July 29, 1988

Running Time:104 min

Genres:Drama, Comedy, Romance

Director

Cast

Tom Cruise Bryan Brown Elisabeth Shue Lisa Banes Kelly Lynch Gina Gershon Ron Dean Ellen Foley Chris Owens Louis Ferreira James Eckhouse Laurence Luckinbill

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.

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