Carlito's Way

Action, Deckare, Drama

Al Pacino	Carlito Brigante
Sean Penn	David Kleinfeld
Penelope Ann Miller	Gail
John Leguizamo	Benny Blanco
Ingrid Rogers	Steffie
James Rebhorn	Dist. Atty. Norwalk
Joseph Siravo	Vincent Taglialucci
Viggo Mortensen	Lalin
Richard Foronjy	Pete Amadesso
Luis Guzmán	Pachanga

Regissör	Brian De Palma
Producent	Martin Bregman; Michael Bregman
Manusförfattare	David Koepp; Edwin Torres

Carlito “Charlie” Brigante (Al Pacino) is a one-time Puerto Rican heroin kingpin whose shady lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld (Sean Penn) has just gained him early release from a long prison sentence on a legal technicality. Rather than returning to his old life, Carlito decides to try and play it straight: he buys an upscale nightclub, hooks up with old flame Gail (Penelope Ann Miller), and makes plans to earn enough money for the two of them to escape the mean streets of New York for a new life in the Bahamas. His old ways, and old associations, come back to haunt him, though: the sleazy dealings of his friend and attorney put him in the cross-hairs of both the law and the Italian mob; his old associate, Lalin (Viggo Mortensen) is sent in to try and set him up for a fall; and an up-and-coming young drug lord named Benny Blanco “from the Bronx” (John Leguizamo) is out to make his bones at Carlito’s expense.