''Doublecrossed'' is a 1991 American

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written and directed by Roger Young. The film stars

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Robert Carradine Robert Reed Carradine ( ; born March 24, 1954) is an American actor. A member of the Carradine family, he made his first appearances on television Western series such as ''Bonanza'' and his brother David's TV series, ''Kung Fu''. Carradine's fi ...

Richard Jenkins Richard Dale Jenkins (born May 4, 1947) is an American actor. He is well known for his portrayal of deceased patriarch Nathaniel Fisher on the HBO funeral drama series ''Six Feet Under (TV series), Six Feet Under'' (2001–2005). He began his c ...

Adrienne Barbeau Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American actress and author. She came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical ''Grease (musical), Grease'', and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findl ...

, Don Hood and G. W. Bailey. The film premiered on

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July 20, 1991.

Plot

This film tries to capture the life of Barry Seal, a one-time airline pilot who winds up being one of

Pablo Escobar Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (; ; 1 December 19492 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician who was the founder and leader of the Medellín Cartel. Dubbed the "King of Cocaine", Escobar was one of the wealthie ...

's biggest aides in delivering cocaine into the

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. Eventually, Seal is caught by the

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and in order to stave off serious jail time, he identifies Pablo Escobar as the leader of the Medellin cartel. He eventually goes on to provide the first ever

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of Escobar. It culminates in Seal's assassination by the Medellin Cartel which occurs after the DEA goes back on a

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. The judge sentences Seal to

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and declines to accept the conditions Seal needed (notably that since his life was in danger, he needed freedom of movement). Seal reports to his court mandated community service where gunmen are waiting for him, and he is shot dead.

Cast

Barry Seal Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal (July 16, 1939 – February 19, 1986) was an American commercial airline pilot who became a major drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel. When Seal was convicted of smuggling charges, he became an informant for the Dru ...

as Dave Booker *

as Jim Donaldson *

as Debbie Seal * Don Hood as Tony * G. W. Bailey as Camp *

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as Lito * Salvador Levy * Danny Kamin as Lieutenant Alvey * John McConnell * Eliott Keener *

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as Ochoa *

Jerry Leggio Jerry Leggio (born September 23, 1935) is an American actor. He was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Career He has appeared in such films as ''Sounder (film), Sounder'', ''Sister, Sister (1987 film), Sister, Sister'', ''The Badge'' and ''American ...

as Judge Altzo * Brooks Read as Judge Courier * Kevin Quigley as Regent * John Wilmot as Biggs *

Richard Folmer Richard Sloan Folmer (February 13, 1942 – January 11, 2022) was an American actor who was based in Shreveport, Louisiana. He appeared in a variety of notable stage plays, television programs and films. Folmer also co-founded "The Company", a t ...

as Blomquist * Edward Edwards as

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* Thomas Uskali as Wright * James Borders as Coulter * Luigi Rivera as Gacha * William Agosto as Vaughn *

Casey Sander Clinton O. "Casey" Sander (born July 6, 1955 or 1956) is an American actor known as the character "Captain" Jimmy Wennick on the short-lived TV series '' Tucker''. His television credits also include ''Criminal Minds'', ''The Golden Girls'', '' ...

as Ron Caffrey * Jim Gleason as Scott * David Dahlgren as Pilot * Dennis Platt as Saunders

References

External links

* 1991 television films 1991 films American action drama films 1990s action drama films HBO Films films Films directed by Roger Young Films set in 1986 Films set in Louisiana American drama television films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films English-language action drama films {{action-thriller-film-stub