The Banker (1989)

Director:

William Webb

Writers:

Dana Augustine (screenplay)
Dana Augustine (story)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

A financial wizard takes death into account.

Plot:

High-priced prostitutes are being systematically murdered, their corpses mutilated, and a bizarre South American symbol painted in blood is found at the scene. The cop investigating is out to solve the crime before his ex wife, a reporter, becomes the next victim. |

Plot Keywords:

Crossbow | Psychotronic | Cult Favorite | Police | Serial Killer

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robert Forster	...	Dan
Shanna Reed	...	Sharon
Duncan Regehr	...	Spaulding Osbourne
Jeff Conaway	...	Cowboy
Leif Garrett	...	Fowler
Richard Roundtree	...	Lloyd
Michael Fairman	...	Fred
Juan García	...	Eddie
Deborah Richter	...	Melanie
Teri Weigel	...	Jaynie
Michael Spielmann	...	Paperboy
Marty Dudek	...	Maggie
Joey Green	...	Ricky
Julie Hayek	...	Terry
John T. Olsen	...	Floor Director

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Iceland:16

Company:

Westwind

Quotes:

[first lines]
[to Jaynie]
Cowboy: You know what to do...

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater: (1994-07-16)" (1994)

Soundtrack:

TRADE DANCE

I wrote 'THE BANKER' (and some trivia concerning same)

My name is Dana Augustine and I was the co-story, screenwriter and associate producer on the Robert Forster (of 'JACKIE BROWN' and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for same) picture called 'THE BANKER.'

According to Bob Forster, Quentin Tarantino (in his days as a video store manager) kept 'THE BANKER' on his 'favorite shelf' and that was one of the reasons (again, according to Forster) that he got, what turned out to be, the Oscar nominated role as 'Max Cherry' in 'JACKIE BROWN.'

Besides all of the other reviews you may have read regarding my film, please take a look at 'THE VIDEOHOUND'S COMPLETE GUIDE TO CULT FLICKS AND TRASH PICS' ... they gave it a review called my script 'smart and funny.'

They gave it a rating of '3 and 1/2 Bones' -- and in comparison, you'll notice that they also gave 'BLADE RUNNER' 3 and 1/2 Bones.

Lastly, this film has a following. For one of many personal examples, I was in a video store once and there was a fella renting my movie. Before telling him WHO I was, in regards as the screenwriter of 'THE BANKER', I asked him what he liked about it. He said, "Ohh man, it's cool. It's weird. I've seen 4 times already."

The good news is, because of this movie, I became a commercial director and have 600 plus commercials under my belt and a ton of awards.

Thanks for your interest in my little cop / killer thriller.

Dana Augustine