Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story is a 1990 TV miniseries that aired on January 7, 8 & 9 1990, based on Elaine Shannon’s book Desperados and the Time magazine article of the same name. It was directed by Brian Gibson and starred Steven Bauer, Miguel Ferrer, Benicio del Toro, Treat Williams and Craig T. Nelson. It was the second most watched NBC mini-series of the year following The Kennedys and was followed up in 1992 with the TV movie Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel, starring Dennis Farina.
| Drug Wars: The Camarena Story | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime Drama |
| Written by | Elaine Shannon (non-fiction book) Rose Schacht Ann Powell (Part I) Mel Frohman (Part II) Christopher Canaan Michael Mann (story, Part III) Christopher Canaan Rose Schacht Ann Powell (teleplay, Part III) |
| Directed by | Brian Gibson |
| Starring | Steven Bauer Miguel Ferrer Benicio del Toro Treat Williams Craig T. Nelson Raymond J. Barry |
| Music by | Charles Bernstein |
| Country of origin | United States Spain |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Michael Mann Richard Brams (co-executive producer) |
| Producers | Branko Lustig Mark Allan (co-producer) Christopher Canaan (supervising producer) Johnny Lattanzio (associate producer) Ann Powell (co-supervising producer) Christine A. Sacani (associate producer) Rose Schacht (co-supervising producer) |
| Cinematography | Sandi Sissel |
| Editors | Kevin Krasny Skip Schoolnik |
| Running time | 240 minutes |
| Production companies | World International Network ZZY Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | January 7 – January 9, 1990 |
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