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Stakeout (1987)

R  117 min  -  Action | Comedy | Crime   -  5 August 1987 (USA)
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Two Cops have to observe a woman. One of them falls in love with her.

Director:

John Badham

Writer:

Jim Kouf
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Richard Dreyfuss ...
Chris Lecce
Emilio Estevez ...
Bill Reimers
Madeleine Stowe ...
Aidan Quinn ...
Dan Lauria ...
Phil Coldshank
Forest Whitaker ...
Jack Pismo
Ian Tracey Ian Tracey ...
Caylor Reese
Earl Billings ...
Captain Giles
Jackson Davies Jackson Davies ...
FBI Agent Lusk
J.J. Makaro J.J. Makaro ...
B.C.
Scott Andersen Scott Andersen ...
Reynaldo McGuire
Tony Pantages ...
Tony Harmon
Beatrice Boepple Beatrice Boepple ...
Carol Reimers
Kyle Wodia Kyle Wodia ...
Jeffrey Reimers (as Kyle Woida)
Jan Speck Jan Speck ...
Kelly McDonald
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Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

Love | Joke | Shower | Automobile | Hiding Under A Bed  | See more »

Taglines:

Who Says A Little Danger Can't Be A Lot Of Fun? See more »

Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Romance | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Étroite surveillance See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$5,170,403 (USA) (9 August 1987) (951 Screens)

Gross:

$65,673,233 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Leonard Nimoy was considered for the job of director but he had already signed on to direct 3 Men and a Baby and was unable to accept the job. See 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. See more »

Quotes

[after robbing gas station]
Richard "Stick" Montgomery: How much we got?
Caylor Reese: $273
Richard "Stick" Montgomery: That's good. As long as we have gas money, that's all we need.
Caylor Reese: Yeah. But its hardly worth rubbing people out for.
Richard "Stick" Montgomery: [defensive] What?
Caylor Reese: [doesn't want to try to explain] Nothing.
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Connections

Version of Vandanam (1989) See more »

Soundtracks

"Hot Together"
Written by Sharon Robinson
Performed by The Pointer Sisters
Courtesy of RCA Records See more »