| Trenchcoat in Paradise | |
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| Genre | Crime Mystery |
| Written by | Tom Dempsey |
| Directed by | Martha Coolidge |
| Starring | Dirk Benedict Sydney Walsh Bruce Dern |
| Music by | John Debney |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Josh Kane Michael Ogiens |
| Producer | Harvey Frand |
| Production location | Honolulu |
| Cinematography | John Jensen |
| Editor | Jack Harnish |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production companies | Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions MGM Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | October 18, 1989 (1989-10-18) |
Trenchcoat in Paradise is a 1989 American made-for-television mystery-crime film directed by Martha Coolidge, and starring Dirk Benedict, Sydney Walsh, Catherine Oxenberg, Michelle Phillips and Bruce Dern.
Plot
Eddie Mazda (Dirk Benedict) is a hard-nosed private investigator originally from Jersey City, New Jersey. After working a job for a widow named Nan Thompson (Amy Yasbeck), he soon after is confronted by mob boss Dom Gellatti (Ralph Drischell), the man who killed Mrs. Thompson's husband. Having already ransacked Mazda's film studio for any incriminating pictures against him for fear of federal prosecutions, Gellatti gives Eddie the chance to back down by forcing him to leave Jersey City and never come back, or else. After gathering some of his possessions, leaving a phone message to his ex-wife Vicky, and leaving his pet goldfish with the next-door neighbor and her cat, Mazda is escorted by two of Gellatti's goons to the airport and given a plane ticket to Chicago and some money; instead, he decides to go to Hawaii, taking with him film negatives that he managed to hide from the mobsters.
Cast
- Dirk Benedict as Eddie Mazda
- Sydney Walsh as Mona Williams
- Catherine Oxenberg as Lisa Duncan
- Michelle Phillips as Suzanna Hollander
- Jeremy Slate as Robert Graham
- Kim Zimmer as Claire Hollander
- Bruce Dern as John Hollander
- Vincent Guastaferro as Carmen Nunzo Jr.
- Keone Young as Bob Kanuka
- Amy Yasbeck as Nan Thompson
- Montana Joe The Cat as Neighbor's Cat
See also
References
- Alan Carter (October 23, 1989). "Picks and Pans Review: Trenchcoat in Paradise". People. No. 17. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- Luis Reyes, Ed Rampell (1995). Made in paradise: Hollywood's films of Hawai'i and the South Seas. Mutual Pub., 1995. ISBN 1566470897.
External links
| Films directed by Martha Coolidge | |
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