The Blue Iguana

{{Infobox film

| name = The Blue Iguana

| image = Blue iguana post.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = John Lafia

| producer = Steve Golin

| writer = John Lafia

| narrator =

| starring = Dylan McDermott
Jessica Harper
James Russo
Tovah Feldshuh
Dean Stockwell

| music = Ethan James

| cinematography = Rodolfo Sánchez

| editing = Scott Chestnut

| studio = Cinexacto Films
PolyGram Movies
Propaganda Films
Volcanica Films

| distributor = Paramount Pictures (United States and Canada)
20th Century Fox (International)

| released = {{Film date|1988|4|22}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross = $161,398

}}

The Blue Iguana is a 1988 American crime comedy film directed by John Lafia and starring Dylan McDermott, Jessica Harper, Pamela Gidley and James Russo. The plot is about a bounty hunter who is blackmailed into stopping the transfer of twenty million dollars from a Mexican tax paradise into the United States. The film was screened out of competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/334/year/1988.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Blue Iguana |accessdate=2009-07-31|work=festival-cannes.com}}

Plot

IRS agents send a private eye (Dylan McDermott) to Mexico to recover money laundered by a banker (Jessica Harper) and her sidekick (James Russo).

Cast

Dylan McDermott as Vince Holloway
Jessica Harper as Cora
James Russo as Reno
Pamela Gidley as Dakota
Yano Anaya as Yano
Flea as Floyd
Michele Seipp as Zoe 'The Bartender'
Tovah Feldshuh as Detective Vera Quinn
Dean Stockwell as Detective Carl Strick
Katia Schkolnik as Mona
John Durbin as Louie Sparks
Eliett as Veronica
Don Pedro Colley as Boat Captain
Pedro Altamirano as Rubberhead
Benny Corral as Roy

Reception

Roger Ebert gave The Blue Iguana a negative review and described it as "a smart-aleck parody of private-eye movies, but it knows as little about private eyes as it does about parodies, and movies".{{cite web| url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-blue-iguana-1988| title=The Blue Iguana| date=April 22, 1988| access-date=October 4, 2021| website=RogerEbert.com}}