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Cisco Pike is a 1971 American drama film that was written and directed by Bill L. Norton, and released by Columbia Pictures. The film stars Kris Kristofferson as a musician who, having fallen on hard times, turns to the selling of marijuana and is blackmailed by a police officer ( Gene Hackman ).
Cisco Pike: Directed by Bill Norton. With Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black, Gene Hackman, Harry Dean Stanton. A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.
R Released Jan 14, 1972 1h 34m Crime Drama List. 100% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 62% Audience Score 500+ Ratings A blackmailing police officer (Gene Hackman) forces an ex-convict rock star (Kris ...
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Along the way, though, we meet Cisco Pike, who was a headliner a few years ago but has been getting by lately by dealing drugs. He gets out of the business, more or less, and then the Hackman character steals a big supply of pot and blackmails Cisco into selling it.
Cisco is an ex-rock star, famous in the 1960s, whose life and career has been a mess because of drugs. Now with a pregnant girlfriend he has a chance to start a new life. A corrupt cop, Leo Holland, blackmails Cisco to sell marijuana for him. Cisco has one weekend to sell it to his friends.
