After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.
Tom Cruise
as Brian Flanagan
Bryan Brown
as Douglas "Doug" Coughlin
Elisabeth Shue
as Jordan Mooney
Lisa Banes
as Bonnie
Kelly Lynch
as Kerry Coughlin
Gina Gershon
as Coral
Ron Dean
as Uncle Pat
Ellen Foley
as Eleanor
Chris Owens
as Soldier
Louis Ferreira
as Soldier
CinemaSerf
There was something about Tom Cruise in this film that shows him at his most engaging and fun. His character "Brian" wants to get on in life - but at every turn his limited of education gets in the way. Despondent, he heads to a bar where he encounters "Doug" (Bryan Brown) and next thing we know, he...
Wuchak
**_Fun 80’s flick starts shallow, gets deeper_** Bent on financial success, a young ex-soldier (Tom Cruise) becomes an expert bartender in Manhattan while attending college in order to make it on Wall Street. Then a dream surfaces to establish a nightclub in Jamaica. Bryan Brown plays his cynical...