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Overview

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Director:

Richard Benjamin

Writers:

Blake Edwards (story)
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Release Date:

7 December 1984 (USA) more

Genre:

Action | Comedy more

Tagline:

Take Clint the street-smart cop . . . take Burt the wise-guy private eye . . . and then take cover! more

Plot:

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

Awards:

1 nomination more

NewsDesk:
(2 articles)

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)

User Comments:

Were Our Expectations Too High? Certainly, But With Reason more (27 total)


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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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Kansas City Jazz (USA) (original script title)
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Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

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


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Marsha Mason was originally cast as Addy but left the film due to creative differences. more

Goofs:

Anachronisms: This first time Murphy (Burt Reynolds) visits his apartment, he switches on his 1930s era radio, which instantly begins playing music, as a modern one would. This is incorrect - a radio of that era contained vacuum tubes, and it would have taken the radio several minutes to "warm up" before any music could be heard. more

Quotes:

Lt. Speer: And just what were you gonna do after the bomb went off?
Mike Murphy: Gee, I don't know, Ollie.
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Movie Connections:

Features Horse Feathers (1932) more

Soundtrack:

I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store) more


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8 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Were Our Expectations Too High? Certainly, But With Reason, 13 August 2007
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Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

I remember a lot of people, not just me, being disappointed in this film. With Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood in the starring roles, we all excepted a really entertaining, good movie. All the publicity made us even more anxious to see it. Well, it never lived up to the hype. I don't know anyone who left the theater satisfied when this was over.

This points out an important fact: screen writing is more important than the cast. You can have two charismatic actors, as we have here who are big box-office draws, but if the script stinks the movie is going to be a flop. I don't blame Reynolds or Eastwood. They didn't write this story which is dismal, makes no sense in a few parts (disjointed) and simply is not entertaining. It's pretty hard to have two stars, a good premise, the 1930s as a backdrop, and still have a unlikeable movie!

To be fair, part of the problem was the expectation. It obviously was too high for this film, which didn't deliver to meet everyone's high expectations. Maybe if you've never seen and keep your expectations low, you'll enjoy it. And - if for no other reason - it's still interesting to see those guys star in the same film.

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