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Cisco Pike

Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black, Gene Hackman, Harry Dean Stanton, Viva, Joy Bang

Directed by: Bill L. Norton

RS: 3.5of 4 Stars

2006

This rough little gem from 1972 stars Kris Kristofferson as Cisco Pike, a former country star who "majored in shit-kickin'." Out of jail after a drug rap, Cisco finds his former bandmate (Harry Dean Stanton) now a junkie, a crooked narc (Gene Hackman) on his ass and the Sixties well and truly over. The small yet perfectly pitched character study is peppered with classic cameos, including Tex-Mex legend Doug Sahm as a rock & roller who just wants to score some good weed.