Year			1993
Genre			Criminal drama
Length			2:24
Director			Brian De Palma
Writer			Edwin Torres David Koepp
Company			Universal Pictures
Starring			Al Pacino Sean Penn Penelope Ann Miller John Leguizamo Ingrid Rogers Luis Guzmán Show more... Al Pacino Sean Penn Penelope Ann Miller John Leguizamo Ingrid Rogers Luis Guzmán James Rebhorn Joseph Siravo Viggo Mortensen Richard Foronjy Jorge Porcel Frank Minucci Adrian Pasdar John Ortiz Ángel Salazar

Notorious Puerto Rican heroin dealer Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is released from jail on a technicality thanks to the manipulations of his sleazy lawyer buddy (Sean Penn). All he wants is to keep his nose clean and earn enough money to start a business in the Bahamas--and maybe rekindle romance with his old flame, played by Penelope Ann Miller. Instead he finds himself back in trouble as a result of old-world codes of honor and misguided loyalties. It all takes place in 1975 Manhattan, in and around a nightclub Carlito manages, so there's plenty of classic disco music pulsing on the soundtrack. John Leguizamo plays one of the younger generation of hoodlums out to prove something