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.

• Interscope Communications
• Touchstone Pictures
• Tom Cruise
• Bryan Brown
• Elisabeth Shue
• Lisa Banes
• Kelly Lynch
• Gina Gershon
• Ron Dean
• Ellen Foley