Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988/08/12 • $23,000,000 • Released • English
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.
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.
Director : Francis Ford Coppola
Casts
Jeff Bridges
Preston Tucker
Joan Allen
Vera
Martin Landau
Abe
Frederic Forrest
Eddie
Mako
Jimmy
Dean Stockwell
Howard Hughes
Christian Slater
Junior
Nina Siemaszko
Marilyn Lee
Marshall Bell
Frank
Peter Donat
Kerner
Elias Koteas
Alex
Jay O. Sanders
Kirby
Corin Nemec
Noble
Don Novello
Stan
Patti Austin
Millie
Joe Miksak
Judge
Scott Beach
Floyd Cerf
Joe Flood
Dutch
Michael McShane
Recording Engineer
Hope Alexander-Willis
Tucker's Secretary #1
Morgan Upton
Ingram
Al Nalbandian
Jury Foreman
Lloyd Bridges
Senator Homer Ferguson (uncredited)
Sofia Coppola
Girl at Mellon Publicity Event (uncredited)
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