The Infiltrator is a 2016 American biographical crime thriller film directed by Brad Furman and written by Ellen Brown Furman. The film is based on the eponymous autobiography by Robert Mazur, a U.S. Customs special agent, who in the 1980s helped bust Pablo Escobar’s money-laundering organization by going undercover as a corrupt businessman. The film stars Bryan Cranston, Diane Kruger, Benjamin Bratt, John Leguizamo, Saïd Taghmaoui, Joe Gilgun and Amy Ryan. Filming began on February 23, 2015, in London. The film premiered at the Tampa Theatre.
Plot
During the 1980s, U.S. Customs Service special agent Robert Mazur uses his undercover alias “Bob Musella” to become a pivotal player for drug lords laundering their dirty cash. Later, he infiltrates the world’s largest cartel, and helps expose the money-laundering organization of drug lord Pablo Escobar and take down the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), which had secretly taken illegal ownership of First American Bankshares in Washington, D.C.
Cast
Bryan Cranston as Robert Mazur/Bob Musella
Diane Kruger as Kathy Ertz
John Leguizamo as Emir Abreu
Benjamin Bratt as Roberto Alcaino
Amy Ryan as Bonni Tischler
Jason Isaacs as Mark Jackowski
Joe Gilgun as Dominic
Daniel Mays as Frankie
Yul Vazquez as Javier Ospina
Simón Andreu as Gonzalo Mora Sr.
Rubén Ochandiano as Gonzalo Mora Jr.
Juliet Aubrey as Evelyn Mazur
Olympia Dukakis as Aunt Vicky
Saïd Taghmaoui as Amjad Awan
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Steve Cook
Elena Anaya as Gloria Alcaino
Carsten Hayes as Rudy Armbrecht
Juan Cely as the Informant
Andy Beckwith as Joe
Michael Paré as Barry Seal
Mark Holden as Eric Wellman
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