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Director:

James Burrows

Writer:

Francis Veber (written by)

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Release Date:

30 April 1982 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy more

Tagline:

The oddest team on the squad and the funniest cops in America. more

Plot:

Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover... more | add synopsis

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ANTI-Gay??? Ridiculous!!! more (13 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ryan O'Neal ... Sgt. Benson

John Hurt ... Kerwin
Kenneth McMillan ... Chief Wilkins
Robyn Douglass ... Jill

Jay Robinson ... Halderstam
Denise Galik ... Clara
Joseph R. Sicari ... Walter
Michael McGuire ... Monroe
Rick Jason ... Douglas

James Remar ... Edward K. Petersen
Jennifer Ashley ... Secretary
Darrell Larson ... Al
Tony March ... Aide #2
Seamon Glass ... Gillis
Steven Reisch ... Counter Boy
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Additional Details

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

San Diego, California, USA


Fun Stuff

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During quick close-up of newspaper when female photographer reads story headlined MALE MODEL SLAIN, the article has nothing to do with murder and is just a jumble of meaningless sentences. more

Quotes:

Kerwin: Have you got anything you can change into?
Benson: Why?
Kerwin: So you look sexy! Well, I mean, you're all we've got!
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Movie Connections:

Featured in The Celluloid Closet (1995) more


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16 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
ANTI-Gay??? Ridiculous!!!, 13 August 2005
7/10
Author: hokeybutt from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

PARTNERS (3+ outta 5 stars) Very funny movie... I guess you could basically call it the situation comedy version of "Cruising". In the Al Pacino role of the reluctant undercover cop who has to pretend to be gay is Ryan O'Neal. He is teamed up with Kerwin, an actual gay man (John Hurt) who will help them gain legitimacy as they move into LA's gay community to search for a killer. O'Neal does a nice, light comedy job (and even gets to show off some naked tush) but Hurt really gives this movie some heart as it becomes more and more obvious that he is starting to have tender feelings for his hetero partner. For the life of me I can't understand how people have gotten the idea that this is an ANTI-gay movie? Sure, some the attitudes towards homosexuals and the jokes directed at them are offensive at times... but the movie makes it clear that the people making those remarks are in the wrong! The film's sympathies are definitely with Hurt and not with the gay-bashing cops and their snide comments. As a police story or a mystery the movie is only so-so... but as a smile-inducing buddy movie it hits the bullseye. Scripted and produced by Francis Veber, who created "La Cage Aux Folles" and many other similarly-themed movies in France. The direction might be a little crude and uninspired, but the movie's heart is in the right place.

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