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.
| Director: | Roger Donaldson |
| Studio: | Touchstone Pictures |
| Producer(s): | Robert W. Cort, Ted Field |
| Cast: | Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue |
| Writer(s): | Heywood Gould |