Drugstore Cowboy is a 1989 American crime drama film directed by the American filmmaker Gus Van Sant. Written by Van Sant and Daniel Yost and based on an autobiographical novel by James Fogle , the film stars Matt Dillon , Kelly Lynch , Heather Graham and William S. Burroughs .

Drugstore Cowboy: Directed by Gus Van Sant. With Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros, Heather Graham. A pharmacy-robbing dope fiend and his crew pop pills and evade the law.

“Drugstore Cowboy” is one of the best films in the long tradition of American outlaw road movies – a tradition that includes “Bonnie and Clyde,” “Easy Rider,” “Midnight Cowboy” and “Badlands.” It is about criminals who do not intend to be particularly bad people, but …

Bob leads a family of junkies that rob drug stores for their fix. When a member dies, he goes straight. But not everyone is willing to let him leave.

In 1971, in Portland, Bob, his girlfriend Dianne and his friends Rick and his girlfriend Nadine are smalltime thieves of drugstores and hospitals. They spend their lives drugged and Bob is chased by the abusive police detective Gentry (James Remar).

Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.

Drugstore Cowboy is a 1989 American crime drama film directed by the American filmmaker Gus Van Sant. Written by Van Sant and Daniel Yost and based on an autobiographical novel by James Fogle, the film stars Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham and William S. Burroughs.

Summary A group of heroin addicts lead by Bob (Dillon) rob drugstores to continue their addictions. Not available in your country? Gus Van Sant's direction here is supremely confident, fusing witty camerawork, neat editing, and a jazz-oriented score to make Drugstore Cowboy an exhilaratingly bumpy ride.

Drug addict husband and wife team, Bob and Diane Hughes (Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch), and a younger couple of thieves resort to robbing drugstores to stay high. Still, in spite of this tragic lifestyle, they share moments of compassion and humour.