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City Heat (1984)

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A slick private eye and tough police lieutenant--once partners, now bitter enemies--reluctantly team up to investigate a murder.

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Caroline Howley
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Primo Pitt
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Ginny Lee
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Counterman Louie
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Storyline

Kansas City in the 1930s: private investigator Mike Murphy's partner is brutally murdered when he tries to blackmail a mobster with his secret accounting records. When a rival gang boss goes after the missing records, ex-policeman Murphy is forced to team up again with his ex-partner Lieutenant Speer, even though they can't stand each other, to fight both gangs before KC erupts in a mob war. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

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When a hotshot cop and a wise-guy detective get together... the heat is on! See more »

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Action | Comedy | Crime

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Release Date:

7 December 1984 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Kansas City Heat  »

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$38,300,000 (USA)
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Trivia

After director Blake Edwards was allegedly fired from this picture, a number of other directors were approached to direct the film until eventually Richard Benjamin was hired to direct. See more »

Goofs

The doctor tells Lt. Speer that Ginny broke her arm when she was hit by the car. However, when she reappears at the end of the movie singing in the club, she is not wearing a cast or showing any sign of injury. See more »

Quotes

Mike Murphy: [after a gun battle] Look, do me a favor, don't save my life anymore!
Lt. Speer: My pleasure.
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Referenced in At the Movies: Dune/Starman/Mass Appeal/Runaway (1984) See more »

Soundtracks

"Montage Blues"
Music by Lennie Niehaus
Pianists: Mike Lang, Pete Jolly and Clint Eastwood
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Dirty Harry meets Cop and a Half
4 February 2000 | by See all my reviews

I didn't find this movie all that bad. It is merely mediocre. Unfortunately there is nothing in this movie that we haven't seen dozens of times before. Burt is sophomoric and Clint is stereotypical Clint. Good TV movie but not really worth renting unless you have seen everything else.


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