# What was the name of this Dennis Hopper film?

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**Created:** [December 29, 2002, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-this-dennis-hopper-film/145568 "2002-12-29T23:23:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rodney\_of\_Texas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cab0a1/32.png) [@Rodney\_of\_Texas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodney_of_Texas)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-this-dennis-hopper-film/145568/1 "2002-12-29T23:23:02Z")

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I saw this movie on HBO several years ago: Dennis Hopper plays a former drug smuggler/pilot trying to reform, and is used by the feds to help bust a Central or South American drug cartel, but somehow gets shafted by Oliver North? I recall the movie claimed to be based on a true story during the Reagan administration.

Anybody help?

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**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-this-dennis-hopper-film/145568/2 "2002-12-29T23:33:48Z")

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[http://us.imdb.com/Name?Hopper,+Dennis](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Hopper,+Dennis)

Maybe you’ll find it here!

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**Author:** ![Rodney\_of\_Texas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cab0a1/32.png) [@Rodney\_of\_Texas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodney_of_Texas)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-this-dennis-hopper-film/145568/3 "2002-12-30T00:17:54Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Heloise \*  
> \*\*[http://us.imdb.com/Name?Hopper,+Dennis](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Hopper,+Dennis)
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> Maybe you’ll find it here! \*\*

Nope. No luck. Actually it may be on that list, but there are 130 items on the list, and many of them don’t show a synopsis or a cast list. None of the titles rang a particular bell either.

Thanks anyhow.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-this-dennis-hopper-film/145568/4 "2002-12-30T00:22:03Z")

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[The Betrayal of Barryh Seal](http://www.parallaxresearch.com/dataclips/pub/research/Seal_%20Barry/Betrayal%20of%20Barry%20Seal) from HBO.