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.
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.
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Cast
- Jeff BridgesPreston Tucker
- Joan AllenVera
- Martin LandauAbe
- Frederic ForrestEddie
- MakoJimmy
- Dean StockwellHoward Hughes
- Christian SlaterJunior
- Nina SiemaszkoMarilyn Lee
- Marshall BellFrank
- Peter DonatKerner
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- Francis Ford CoppolaDirector
- Arnold SchulmanScreenplay
- David SeidlerScreenplay
- Vittorio StoraroDirector of Photography
- Joe JacksonOriginal Music Composer
- Priscilla Nedd-FriendlyEditor
- Fred RoosProducer
- Fred FuchsProducer
- Francis Ford CoppolaProducer
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