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Director:
Writers:
Joseph Wambaugh (novel)
Christopher Knopf (screenplay)
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Release Date:
23 December 1977 (USA) more
Tagline:
Don't look for these guys in church.
Plot:
A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery. | add synopsis
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To each his own more (23 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Charles Durning | ... | Spermwhale Whalen | |
| Louis Gossett Jr. | ... | Calvin Motts | |
| Perry King | ... | Baxter Slate | |
| Clyde Kusatsu | ... | Francis Tanaguchi | |
| Stephen Macht | ... | Spencer Van Moot | |
| Tim McIntire | ... | Roscoe Rules | |
| Randy Quaid | ... | Dean Proust | |
| Chuck Sacci | ... | 'Father' Sartino | |
| Don Stroud | ... | Sam Lyles | |
| James Woods | ... | Harold Bloomguard | |
| Burt Young | ... | Scuzzi | |
| Susan Batson | ... | Sabrina | |
| Cheryl Smith | ... | Tammy | |
| Claire Brennen | ... | Carolina Moon | |
| Gene Chronopoulos | ... | Card player |
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119 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1988) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1978) | Netherlands:16 (original rating) | West Germany:18 (f) | France:-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | Norway:18
Filming Locations:
Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA more
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Harold Bloomguard: Greetings and Hallucinations, Sergeant Yanoff. more
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Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) more
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I've Got a Crush on You more
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Once again I am forced to defend a decent movie. I saw this movie when it came out, I was in college. I thought it was very funny and was a blend of comedy and drama that was above most of the other fair at that time. I saw it again recently and while it had perhaps lost a little of its luster I thought it was still pretty funny. Of course, if you don't like anyone saying politically incorrect things (even if that person is presented as a total moron) then you might be too "delicate" to appreciate the humor.
Tim McIntyre was hilarious as Roscoe Rules and there was a young Randy Quaid, and James Woods as well. Charles Durning is effective in this film and far from hating the ending, I thought it was not "Upbeat" but rather merely stopped the movie from being a total downer.