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CISCO PIKE opens in NY. Written and directed by Bill L. Norton. In his first starring role, singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson slips comfortably into the shoes of the title character, a down-on-his-luck LA-based musician cum small-time marijuana dealer blackmailed by Gene Hackman's sleezy crooked cop into moving 100 kilos of weed. A low-budget, little-seen gem, palpably evoking the specifities of time and place, and firmly anchored by the measured, muted melancholy of Kristofferson’s minimalist performance. Karen Black co-stars.
