Film

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

1988 · 1h 51m · Drama

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.

IMDb

6.9

Rotten Tomatoes

82%

Metacritic

76

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.

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

Corin Nemec

Noble

Don Novello

Stan

Anders Johnson

Johnny

Dean Goodman

Bennington

• Francis Ford CoppolaDirector · Producer
• Arnold SchulmanScreenplay
• David SeidlerScreenplay
• Fred RoosProducer
• Fred FuchsProducer
• George LucasExecutive Producer
• Vittorio StoraroDirector of Photography
• Joe JacksonOriginal Music Composer
• Priscilla Nedd-FriendlyEditor
• Jane JenkinsCasting

TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM - Trailer

Release date

August 12, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

PG

Budget

$23,000,000

Revenue

$19,652,638

Genres

Drama

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