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4.8/10   418 votes
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Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
Francis Veber (written by)
Contact:
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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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One watches in a state of numb shock... more

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:
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. 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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8 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
One watches in a state of numb shock..., 25 January 2006
4/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Here's a gay-themed action-comedy that even the gay community has thankfully forgotten, an appalling, tangled mess involving two male Los Angeles police detectives (one straight, one gay) posing as lovers in order to track down a killer of homosexuals. You have to commend Ryan O'Neal, he gives this one-joke affair his best shot; but poor John Hurt (the most sullen gay character ever!) sluggishly performs as if against his will. The plot is promising--it might've been a sharp satire of "Cruising" had the handling been a bit more nimble. But "Partners" has the patched-together feel of too many different hands, and the laziness of the writing and directing sinks the idea almost completely. Sniggering jokes, embarrassing and half-hearted sentiment, and a plea for the understanding of the gay minority turns this tale into one swishy stew. *1/2 from ****

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