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.
6.7(435) 1988-08-12 111 minDrama
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.
DirectorFrancis Ford Coppola
ScreenplayArnold Schulman
ProducerFred Fuchs
ScreenplayDavid Seidler
ProducerFred Roos
Original Music ComposerJoe Jackson
ProducerFrancis Ford Coppola
Cast & characters
Jeff Bridges
as Preston Tucker
Joan Allen
as Vera
Martin Landau
as Abe
Frederic Forrest
as Eddie
Mako
as Jimmy
Dean Stockwell
as Howard Hughes
Christian Slater
as Junior
Nina Siemaszko
as Marilyn Lee
Marshall Bell
as Frank
Peter Donat
as Kerner
Elias Koteas
as Alex
Jay O. Sanders
as Kirby
Corin Nemec
as Noble
Don Novello
as Stan
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Anders Johnson
as Johnny
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Dean Goodman
as Bennington
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John X. Heart
as Ferguson's Agent
Patti Austin
as Millie
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Sandy Bull
as Stan's Assistant
Joe Miksak
as Judge
Scott Beach
as Floyd Cerf
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Roland Scrivner
as Oscar Beasley
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Bob Safford
as Narrator (voice)
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Larry Menkin
as Doc
