D.C. Cab (1983)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Writers:

Topper Carew (story) and
Joel Schumacher (story) ...

Release Date:

16 December 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Action

Tagline:

Let the wackiest Cab Co. in Town take you for a ride!

Plot:

The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town...

Plot Keywords:

Taxicab | Robbery | Airport | Railroad | Female Nudity

Cast

Max Gail	...	Harold
Adam Baldwin	...	Albert Hockenberry
Mr. T	...	Samson
Charlie Barnett	...	Tyrone
Gary Busey	...	Dell
Gloria Gifford	...	Miss Floyd
Marsha Warfield	...	Ophelia
Bill Maher	...	Bob
Otis Day	...	Bongo
Paul Rodriguez	...	Xavier
Whitman Mayo	...	Mr. Rhythm
Peter Paul	...	Buddy (as Peter Barbarian)
David Paul	...	Buzzy (as David Barbarian)
Irene Cara	...	Irene Cara
Diana Bellamy	...	Maudie

Also Known As:

Mr. T and Company (Philippines: English title)
Street Fleet

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Company:

Guber-Peters Company, The

Trivia:

Jim Carrey auditioned for the film. 'Joel Schumacher' turned him down because he felt Carrey was too talented to be in an ensemble.

Quotes:

Tyrone: Tell me you're wearing your daddy's boots!
Albert Hockenberry: What?
Tyrone: Tell me you're wearing your daddy's boots!
Albert Hockenberry: I'm wearing them!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Rhinestone (1984)

Soundtrack:

Squeeze Play

Like most cabs, it stinks just a bit

For months I wanted to drive around in a ghetto-fab taxi with rollers in my hair, but ma' wouldn't let me.

No one should ever admit to enjoying this flick, as it is awash in stupidity and dripping in dumbness. It is painfully, dreadfully, wretchedly awful... and I've seen it about 47 times. In short: A tasty hunk of Velveeta, fun to semi-watch while you're vacuuming your carpets or waxing your legs, but tell no one you did.

How many passengers?:

I found Mr. T's character to be the kidney-stone I couldn't wait to pass. And Gary Busey is all kinds of Sam Kinison fun (hint: not fun at all). But everyone else on hand delivers one or two sure-p**ser lines...my personal faves being a fur-coat sporting Marsha Warfield, threatening to beat Denise Gordy's door down and "beat your ass to fried whale-sh*t!" Or the scene stealing Charlie Barnett as roller-headed "Tyrone", jumping up and down on a barn screaming "Bruce Lee! Bruce Lee! I found him! I found that karate muther-f*cker!"

And the always under-appreciated Adam Baldwin, aka 'the only Baldwin that matters' turns in yet another competent performance as Albert "Whitebread Chicken-sh*t" Hockenberry. Plus, I've been finding him kinda dreamy ever since he played the teenage ax-murderer 'Ricky Lindermann" in "My Bodyguard". Forgive me this transgression...

Where to?:

"D.C. Cab" can't make up it's mind whether or not it wants to be a family film or "Animal House" on wheels. But it's far more successful when it's being lewd, crass, and it allows it's precious child actors to spit lines like "you are, a pitiful bitch!"

What do I owe ya?:

This cab is more hoopty than Cadillac, but a fun ride despite all the potholes.