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Stakeout (1987) 6.5
Two Cops have to observe a woman. One of them falls in love with her. Director:John BadhamWriter:Jim Kouf |
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Chris Lecce
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| Emilio Estevez | ... |
Bill Reimers
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| Dan Lauria | ... |
Phil Coldshank
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Jack Pismo
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Caylor Reese
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| Earl Billings | ... |
Captain Giles
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Jackson Davies | ... |
FBI Agent Lusk
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J.J. Makaro | ... |
B.C.
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Scott Andersen | ... |
Reynaldo McGuire
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Tony Harmon
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Beatrice Boepple | ... |
Carol Reimers
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Kyle Wodia | ... |
Jeffrey Reimers
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Jan Speck | ... |
Kelly McDonald
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Two cops are given the 'dirty' job of staking out the home of an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend. Chris and the beautiful girlfriend accidentally meet and fall in love. Just as Chris' confesses, the convict appears, but will she betray him ? Written by Rob Hartill
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 August 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Dos policías al acecho See more »Filming Locations:
Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBox Office
Gross:
$65,673,233 (USA)Company Credits
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[he raises binoculars to his eyes, lowers them, then turns to Chris]
Bill Reimers: Do you know what it is?
Chris Lecce: [casually, with a straight face] Yeah, I think I have a pretty good idea
Chris Lecce: What, what, tell me?
Bill Reimers: [...]
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Written by Steve Winwood & Will Jennings
Performed by Steve Winwood featuring Chaka Khan (uncredited)
Courtesy of Island Records, Inc.
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Val Kilmer was originally cast as Richard "Stick" Montgomery but dropped out before filming began. See more »Goofs
When the police car goes over the embankment and starts to roll, you can see the crew standing underneath the bridge. They are dressed in blue and red jackets See more »Quotes
Bill Reimers: [seeing Phil and Jack leave, laughing about something] Yeah, I smell a rat, they are up to something. I don't know what it is, but they are up to something. I'm going to find out what it is[he raises binoculars to his eyes, lowers them, then turns to Chris]
Bill Reimers: Do you know what it is?
Chris Lecce: [casually, with a straight face] Yeah, I think I have a pretty good idea
Chris Lecce: What, what, tell me?
Bill Reimers: [...]
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Soundtracks
"Higher Love"Written by Steve Winwood & Will Jennings
Performed by Steve Winwood featuring Chaka Khan (uncredited)
Courtesy of Island Records, Inc.
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In an exciting opening, psycho scary-looking Aidan Quinn (as Richard "Stick" Montgomery) escapes from prison, with help from his model-perfect cousin Ian Tracey (as Caylor Reese). It's an incredibly lucky break - but so effectively done, you leave your brain at the door and enjoy the movie. The case is super-hot, so the FBI calls in Seattle, Washington's finest. Feds figure Mr. Quinn will try to see ex-girlfriend Madeleine Stowe (as Maria McGuire), so they assign detective Richard Dreyfuss (as Chris Lecce) and his young partner Emilio Estevez (as Bill Reimers) to "Stakeout" her home...
Watching Ms. McGuire from across the street turns out to have fringe benefits; she's an arousing woman. In order to "tap" her calls, Mr. Dreyfuss poses as a telephone repair man. The two are mutually attracted...
Everything works well to make this am entertaining film. Director John Badham puts James Kouf's story together expertly. Dreyfuss bounces off of everyone and everything well; his 1987 "box office" standing took an immediate rise. Action sequences are tightly edited and the cast carries us through. One jarring note in the otherwise fun thrill-ride is the unnecessarily brutal opening; specifically, Quinn's brutality sets an unfunny tone which could have been better paced if his tendency to murder began with his service station heist. We know he's bad.
The stunt workers should have received bonus checks.
******** Stakeout (8/5/87) John Badham ~ Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Aidan Quinn, Madeleine Stowe