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Overview

User Rating:
6.5/10   8,454 votes
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Director:
John Badham
Writer:
Jim Kouf (written by)
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Release Date:
5 August 1987 (USA) more
Tagline:
It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it! more
Plot:
Two Cops have to observe a woman. One of them falls in love with her. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins more
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(2 articles)
Messages Deleted Trailer Online
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Very enjoyable....... more (46 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Richard Dreyfuss ... Det. Chris Lecce

Emilio Estevez ... Det. Bill Reimers

Madeleine Stowe ... Maria McGuire

Aidan Quinn ... Richard 'Stick' Montgomery

Dan Lauria ... Det. Phil Coldshank

Forest Whitaker ... Det. Jack Pismo
Ian Tracey ... Caylor Reese

Earl Billings ... Captain Giles
Jackson Davies ... FBI Agent Lusk
J.J. Makaro ... B.C
Scott Andersen ... Reynaldo McGuire
Tony Pantages ... Tony Harmon
Beatrice Boepple ... Carol Reimers
Kyle Wodia ... Jeffrey Reimers (as Kyle Woida)
Jan Speck ... Kelly McDonald
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Additional Details

Runtime:
117 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
Company:
Cinderella more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez were having a movie trivia contest on the set one day. Estevez asked Dreyfuss to identify the movie that the line "This is no boating accident" was from. Dreyfuss didn't recognize the quote, despite the fact that he was the actor who said it in Jaws (1975). Deciding that this was too good to pass up, this incident was re-enacted for the film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the scene where the police chase the bad guys where they're shooting at each other; one of the police officer fires and hits the bad guy's car rear tail light. But in the next scene as the car zooms by both tail lights are perfectly intact. And then in the later scenes the tail light's smashed again. more
Quotes:
Richard "Stick" Montgomery: [to Maria] You broke my heart. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Homicide: Life on the Street: Stakeout (#4.15)" (1996) more
Soundtrack:
This Night Was Made (For One Thing Only) more

FAQ

Who is that good-looking dark haired guy standing next to the old Corvette in a street scene?
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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Very enjoyable......., 22 September 2001
Author: gazzo-2 from United States

Somewheres in between 'Beverly Hills Cop' and 'Lethal Weapon' you find this. Good cop/buddy action flick, plenty of humour, the violence is for real, the chemistry between the two leads and Stowe Just right. I enjoy the scene where she shifts her position JUST so slightly, its quite erotic, while the pranks the two cops play on each other are quite funny too.

Its fun watching how put out Estevez gets with the older guy whose clearly not acting his age.

There's nothing terribly deep here, and some of its really dated-Lethal Weapon-ish graphics, the cars, the angry black squad leader, the music(Miami Sound Machine, anyone?), etc, traditional boatchase/fight/battle to the death inside hellacious warehouse/factory finale, etc all par for the course.

But no biggies. The second one wasn't nearly as good's this one.

*** outta ****

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