Cisco Pike is the sort of 70's film that I think I always suspected that existed but had never seen.

Kris Kristofferson is Cisco a musician that is in-between gigs, bands, and seemingly everything else. He used to deal drugs until he got busted and generally looks like he needs a bath all the time. Everyone talks to Cisco as though his fame were inevitable, all that he needed to do is get back up on the stage. Cisco more or less acts blase' as though he hadn't given fame or anything else much thought.

Gene Hackman only has a couple scenes but his character is centrally important. He seems as though he wants to become Popeye Doyle at any…