Stakeout (1987)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

John Badham

Writer:

Jim Kouf (written by)

Release Date:

5 August 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it!

Plot:

Two Cops have to observe a woman. One of them falls in love with her.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Panties | Joke | Hiding Under Bed | Stakeout

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

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

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

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

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-15 (re-rating) | Finland:K-18 (original rating) | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Cinderella

Trivia:

Leonard Nimoy was considered for the job of director but Leonard Nimoy had already signed on to direct _Three Men and a Baby (1987)_ and was unable to accept the job.

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.

Quotes:

Richard "Stick" Montgomery: [to Maria] You broke my heart.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Dead Man Talking (#1.19)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Hot Together

At times, absolutely tops

Estevez and Dreyfuss are assigned to apparently dead-end stakeout of ex-girlfriend (Stowe) of escaped con. Complications arise when Dreyfuss "violates procedure" and gets chummy with Stowe. The play between the two male leads is, at times, as good as it gets in this sort of movie, and Stowe is absolutely, positively, drop-dead enchanting in the role of stakeout subject. Quinn is also effective as psychopathic con, but unfortunately they seem to have trouble making these movies without some kind of over-dramatic hokey climax, for which this one gets docked a point (from a 10 to a 9). Followed by another one of those miserable sequels.