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Writer:
Barry Beckerman (written by)
Release Date:
5 February 1973 (Sweden)
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SHAMUS a pool-shooting, card-playing, broad-chasing, private eye...cross him, and he'll blow your head off! more
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New York private eye Shamus McCoy likes girls, drink and gambling, but by the look of his flat business can't be too hot...
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OK, But Not One Of Burt's More Memorable Films
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Burt Reynolds | ... | Shamus McCoy | |
| Dyan Cannon | ... | Alexis Montaigne | |
| John P. Ryan | ... | Hardcore | |
| Joe Santos | ... | Lieutenant Promuto | |
| Giorgio Tozzi | ... | Dottore | |
| Ron Weyand | ... | E.J. Hume | |
| Larry Block | ... | Springy | |
| Beeson Carroll | ... | Bolton | |
| Kevin Conway | ... | The Kid | |
| Kay Frye | ... | Bookstore Girl | |
| John Glover | ... | Johnnie | |
| Merwin Goldsmith | ... | Schnook | |
| Melody Santangello | ... | Alice | |
| Irving Selbst | ... | Heavy | |
| Alex Wilson | ... | Felix Montaigne |
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Also Known As:
Passion for Danger
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Runtime:
106 min | Norway:100 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1990) |
Finland:K-16 (cut) (1973) |
Iceland:16 |
Norway:16 |
UK:18 |
USA:PG (certificate #23378)
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Although the "87th Precinct" series of novels by author Evan Hunter (writing as "Ed McBain") have sold millions of copies since the first one appeared in the late 1950s, and still sell well today, this is one of only a relative handful of theatrical films - not counting a few made-for-TV movies and a TV series in the 1960s - to have been made from them.
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Continuity: When McCoy enters the shipping room at the warehouse, the border pattern on the front of the glass panel does not match that seen through from the rear. The two verticals over the PP in SHIPPING should be visible through the frosted glass, but there is a horizontal join instead.
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References The Big Sleep (1946)
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Although this was a fast-paced pretty interesting crime story, it was not memorable, which is probably one reason there are so few reviews here.
Burt Reynolds was perfect for '70s film world of film in which just about anything was shown or heard now that all the restrictions were removed. Burt, as he did in this film, would sleep with any girl that came along. In one scene, Reynolds enters a bookstore, sees the clerk has a "nice pair of boobs," so they have sex immediately right at the store. Only in the sleazy '70s of Hollywood! (Or in most men's dreams.)
Actually, Burt excelled in films that combined action and humor, which this has but not enough to make this one of more-remembered movies. However, it does have very little nudity despite the above paragraph and no blasphemy. The best part of the movies might be the final action scene which provides two laugh-out- loud scenes.