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Release Date:
7 December 1984 (USA)
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Take Clint the street-smart cop . . . take Burt the wise-guy private eye . . . and then take cover! more
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A slick private eye and tough police lieutenant--once partners, now bitter enemies--reluctantly team up to investigate a murder. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination
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Interview: Motherhood's Minnie Driver
(From Cinema Blend. 15 October 2009, 8:40 PM, PDT)
Burt Reynolds Into Rehab For Pain Killer Addiction
(From CinemaRetro. 18 September 2009, 3:43 AM, PDT)
(From Cinema Blend. 15 October 2009, 8:40 PM, PDT)
Burt Reynolds Into Rehab For Pain Killer Addiction
(From CinemaRetro. 18 September 2009, 3:43 AM, PDT)
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Not Your Pink Panther, Nor Your Day Punk
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Clint Eastwood | ... | Lieutenant Speer | |
| Burt Reynolds | ... | Mike Murphy | |
| Jane Alexander | ... | Addy | |
| Madeline Kahn | ... | Caroline Howley | |
| Rip Torn | ... | Primo Pitt | |
| Irene Cara | ... | Ginny Lee | |
| Richard Roundtree | ... | Dehl Swift | |
| Tony Lo Bianco | ... | Leon Coll | |
| William Sanderson | ... | Lonnie Ash | |
| Nicholas Worth | ... | Troy Roker | |
| Robert Davi | ... | Nino | |
| Jude Farese | ... | Dub Slack | |
| John Hancock | ... | Fat Freddy | |
| Jack Thibeau | ... | Garage Soldier | |
| Gerald S. O'Loughlin | ... | Counterman Louie |
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Also Known As:
Kansas City Jazz (USA) (original script title)
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93 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:14 (original rating) |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
Spain:13 |
Canada:14+ (Ontario) |
USA:PG (certificate #27552) |
Netherlands:12 |
West Germany:16 |
South Korea:15 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:15 |
Norway:16 (1985) |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
Singapore:PG
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Edwards hired Robert Davi to play the main villain after seeing him in "The Gangster Chronicles" (1981). But after Edwards left the project, Davi's role was reduced considerably.
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Continuity: 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.
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Features Horse Feathers (1932)
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
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This is one of the only times that Clint Eastwood & Burt Reynolds got together. The casting is with great imagination. It was actually made at a good time for both actors and the support cast is good. So what went wrong? Blake Edwards script for this one is just not as funny as other films he wrote. The situation seems contrived and this was a time when Eastwood was doing actions films. The action is just missing here. While Reynolds could do comedy, it seems that both actors didn't get to do in this movie what sold tickets for their fans.
When the movie ends, it just kind of ends in a stand off and you get the feeling like you needed an ending that just isn't here. It is fun seeing these two actors together in this film, but the script is the missing element. Richard Benjamin, a funny man directed, and I am surprised he didn't do better with it as he knows what good comedy is.
While the movie is fun, it is not funny enough. Blake Edwards saved better material for his Pink Panther movies I guess.