Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)

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.

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.

Date of release
1988-08-12
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (450)
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
Drama
Director
Francis Ford Coppola

Casting

  • 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

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