Tango & Cash

Dec 22, 1989

1h 44m

★ 6.5

Two of L.A.'s top rival cops are going to have to work together… Even if it kills them.

Overview

Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are two successful narcotics detectives who can't stand each other. Crime lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income they have caused him, plots an elaborate revenge against them.

Genres

Action

Thriller

Comedy

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

The Guber-Peters Company

Tango & Cash Trailers

Cast

Raymond 'Ray' Tango

Sylvester Stallone

Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash

Kurt Russell

Katherine 'Kiki' Tango

Teri Hatcher

Yves Perret

Jack Palance

Requin

Brion James

Quan

James Hong

Lopez

Marc Alaimo

Chinese Gunman

Philip Tan

Owen

Michael J. Pollard

Face

Robert Z'Dar

Wyler

Lewis Arquette

Capt. Holmes

Edward Bunker

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