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Francis Veber (written by)
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30 April 1982 (USA)
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The oddest team on the squad and the funniest cops in America. more
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Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover...
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Unfunny gay comedy
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(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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Factual errors: Pull-down blinds in the photographer's darkroom aren't anywhere close to being able to shut out the light that would ruin film she was developing.
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Featured in The Celluloid Closet (1995)
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Eccentric misfire comedy about a macho cop teamed with a meek desk-bound police officer and sent undercover as a gay couple to find the murderer of gay male models. O'Neal's subsequent appearance in full leathers while Hurt's character fusses around the apartment in pink T-shirt and cargo pants provides endless mirth.
Fans of O'Neal's manly physique will not be disappointed, but the coy jokes built on his character's awkwardness at being thrust into the gay scene are weak, puerile, and are not very funny. The murder mystery aspect of the plot is the best thing about the film but it is constantly undermined by the film's habit of switching back into comedy mode whenever the suspense starts the build. And then as if that isn't bad enough, they slot in some cute and thoughtful scenes just to show us that O'Neal's character really is a caring guy after all. Then, despite the fact we have already met his girlfriend, he is straight to bed with whatever woman happens to cross his path.
The general story is also quite sloppy. Characters are introduced to the audience, and then they disappear having fulfilled no greater function than to be the butt of some unfunny joke. Characters such as the effeminate motel owner, Benson's original girlfriend, and the caftan-wearing landlord are given big introductions and then disappear.
What is amazing is that this "snigger at the gays" comedy was produced in 1982! It seems more like something from the sixties. Not even interesting as a historical artefact. Avoid.