The Blue Iguana

This article is about the 1988 comedy film. For other uses, see Blue Iguana (disambiguation).

The Blue Iguana is a 1988 American crime comedy film directed by John Lafia and starring Dylan McDermott, Jessica Harper, Pamela Gidley and James Russo. The plot is about a bounty hunter who is blackmailed into stopping the transfer of twenty million dollars from a Mexican tax paradise into the United States. The film was screened out of competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.

The Blue Iguana
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Lafia
Written by	John Lafia
Produced by	Steve Golin
Starring	Dylan McDermott Jessica Harper James Russo Tovah Feldshuh Dean Stockwell
Cinematography	Rodolfo Sánchez
Edited by	Scott Chestnut
Music by	Ethan James
Production companies	Cinexacto Films PolyGram Movies Propaganda Films Volcanica Films
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (United States and Canada) 20th Century Fox (International)
Release date	April 22, 1988 (1988-04-22)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$161,398

Plot

IRS agents send a private eye (Dylan McDermott) to Mexico to recover money laundered by a banker (Jessica Harper) and her sidekick (James Russo).

Cast

• Dylan McDermott as Vince Holloway
• Jessica Harper as Cora
• James Russo as Reno
• Pamela Gidley as Dakota
• Yano Anaya as Yano
• Flea as Floyd
• Michele Seipp as Zoe 'The Bartender'
• Tovah Feldshuh as Detective Vera Quinn
• Dean Stockwell as Detective Carl Strick
• Katia Schkolnik as Mona
• John Durbin as Louie Sparks
• Eliett as Veronica
• Don Pedro Colley as Boat Captain
• Pedro Altamirano as Rubberhead
• Benny Corral as Roy

Reception

Roger Ebert gave The Blue Iguana a negative review and described it as "a smart-aleck parody of private-eye movies, but it knows as little about private eyes as it does about parodies, and movies".

External links

• The Blue Iguana at IMDb 
• The Blue Iguana at AllMovie
• The Blue Iguana at Box Office Mojo
• The Blue Iguana at Rotten Tomatoes