When he pours, he reigns.
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.
- 6.1
- 1988
- Released
- 1h 44m
Tom Cruise
Brian Flanagan
Bryan Brown
Douglas "Doug" Coughlin
Elisabeth Shue
Jordan Mooney
Lisa Banes
Bonnie
Kelly Lynch
Kerry Coughlin
Gina Gershon
Coral
Ron Dean
Uncle Pat
Ellen Foley
Eleanor
Chris Owens
Soldier
Louis Ferreira
Soldier
James Eckhouse
Tourist
Laurence Luckinbill
Richard Mooney
Paul Benedict
Finance Teacher
Robert Donley
Eddie
Andrea Doven
DulceyJohn Graham
SoldierRichard Thorn
SoldierRobert Greenberg
Job Interviewer
Harvey J. Alperin
Job InterviewerSandra Will
Job Interviewer
Allan Wasserman
Job InterviewerE. Hampton Beagle
Job InterviewerParker Whitman
Job Interviewer
Richard Livingston
Job InterviewerBill Bateman
Job Interviewer
Jean St. James
Job InterviewerRosalyn Marshall
Job InterviewerJeff Silverman
Job InterviewerRich Crater
Job InterviewerMarykate Harris
Job Interviewer
Lew Saunders
Job Interviewer
Jack Newman
Economics TeacherDiane Douglass
Mrs. RivkinGeorge Sperdakos
English TeacherDavid Chant
Chinese PorterDianne Heatherington
First WaitressArlene Mazerolle
Second WaitressPaul Abbott
Snotty CustomerEllen Maguire
Bar Patron
Larry Block
Bar Owner
Kelly Connell
Yuppie Poet
Gerry Bamman
Tourist
Reathel Bean
Tourist
Peter Boyden
TouristLuther Hansraj
Ambulance Attendant
Kenneth McGregor
Robert Powell the Sculptor
Liisa Repo-Martell
Young Couple in DeliAdam Furfaro
Young Couple in DeliKim Nelles
Female Artist
David L. Crowley
Doorman
James Mainprize
ButlerGregg Baker
Bouncer
Jaap Broeker
Doorman (uncredited)Vivian Palermo
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Garry Pastore
Well Dressed Man (uncredited)
Andrew Shue
Wedding Guest (uncredited)Karen Starr
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Released
en
$20,000,000.00
$171,504,781.00
- #new york city
- #jamaica
- #night life
- #bartender
- #ambition
- #rags to riches
- #cocktail
Reviews
**_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 mentor while Elisabeth Shue and Lisa Banes are on hand as romantic interests. “Cocktail” (1988)
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 is a cocktail barman. A bit slow to start off with, but soon he has the clientele eating out of his