Keaton's Cop (1990)

Director:

Robert Burge

Writer:

Michael B. Druxman (written by)

Release Date:

9 March 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Crime

Plot:

Ex-mobster Keaton, now living in a retirement home, narrowly misses being the target of a mob hit. Policemen Jake...

Plot Keywords:

Apostrophe In Title | Nursing Home Patient | Police | Police Officer Killed | Punctuation In Title

Cast

Lee Majors	...	Mike Gable
Abe Vigoda	...	Louis Keaton
Don Rickles	...	Jake
Tracy Brooks Swope	...	Susan
Art LaFleur	...	Detective. Ed Hayes
June Wilkinson	...	Sandra Channing / Big Mama
Robert Hilliard	...	Lt. Spencer
Denise Kerwin	...	Julie
Talbot Perry Simons	...	Al - Hitman
George A. Simonelli	...	Rick Dante
Fredrica Duke	...	Marsha Gable
Clinton Austin Shirley	...	Jimmy Gable (as Clinton 'Austin' Shirley)
Louise Melilli	...	Receptionist (as Louise Mililli)
Richard L. Duran	...	Officer Diaz (as Richard Duran)
Robert Foster	...	Woody Clark
Nick Gambella	...	Stan
Dominic Barto	...	Hotel Assassin
Peter Bryson	...	Fat Tony Monetti
Ed Geldart	...	Lennie
Claire Applegate	...	Hooker on stand
Helen Akerman	...	Agnes Marx
McCoy McLemore	...	Paramedic
Paul Bernstein	...	Killer
David Born	...	Police officer
Timothy C. Galvan	...	Police officer
Mark Leon	...	Police officer
Oscar Carles	...	Desk clerk
Ronald Lee Jones	...	Ray Channing
Jeff Jensen	...	Percy
Quentin Morgan	...	Security guard (as Quenton Morgan)
Sage Parker	...	Dr. Thomas (as Sage N. Parker)
Charlotte Stanton	...	Patient
Cathy A. O'Dell	...	Dancer
Kimberly O'Quinn	...	Dancer
Cathy Redmond	...	Dancer
Kenneth Warren Thompson	...	Hotel guest
Michelle Zevenbergen	...	Waitress
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maurice Duke	...	Mr. Bernstein

Directed by
Robert Burge		(as Bob Burge)

Writing credits
Michael B. Druxman		(written by)

Produced by
Robert Burge	....	producer (as Bob Burge)
Maurice Duke	....	executive producer
Peggy Slater	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Kevin Barnes
David Connor

Cinematography by
Roland 'Ozzie' Smith		(director of photography) (as Ozzie Smith)

Film Editing by
Terry Chambers

Casting by
Tony Roberts

Production Design by
John Iacovelli

Art Direction by
Keith Neely		(as Keith Neeley)

Makeup Department
Bob Harper	....	hair stylist
Bob Harper	....	makeup artist
Sally J. Harper	....	makeup supervisor
Linda Morganroth Hardy	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bonnie Kate Brown	....	first assistant director
Laurie Durrett	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Mitch Austin	....	construction coordinator
Israel Sifuentes	....	property master

Sound Department
Richard Burton	....	sound editor
Mark S. Cafolla	....	assistant sound editor
Tina Canny	....	sound recordist
Thierry J. Couturier	....	sound editor
David Cunningham	....	sound re-recording mixer
Patrick Cyccone Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chris Daniels	....	sound editor
Peter Elliott	....	first assistant sound editor
Peter Elliott	....	foley artist
Laurel Fest	....	boom operator (as Laurel M. Fest)
Linda Folk	....	adr editor
Kurt Nicholas Forshager	....	foley editor
Tony Garber	....	supervising sound editor
Howard Gindoff	....	foley editor
Tommy Goodwin	....	adr foley mixer
Mike Hall	....	sound mixer
Kini Kay	....	sound editor
Laura Macias	....	foley artist
Godfrey Marks	....	adr editor
Frank A. Montaño	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paige Pollack	....	foley artist (as Paige Nan Pollock)
Jaqueline Reisman	....	assistant sound editor (as Jackie Reisman)
Dean St. John	....	adr foley recordist
Peter Tomaszewicz	....	sound editor
Bill Van Daalen	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Don Powers	....	special effects assistant
Michael Thompson	....	special effects

Stunts
Bruce W. Austin	....	stunts
Dani Barden	....	stunts
Dave Bartholomew	....	stunts
Gary Beal	....	stunts (as Gary Beall)
Jackson Burns	....	stunts
Oscar Carles	....	stunts
Brad Collier	....	stunts
Albert Cutillo	....	stunts
Jadie David	....	stunts
Cheryl E. Duncan	....	stunts (as C.E. Duncan)
Richard L. Duran	....	stunts (as Richard Duran)
David Efron	....	stunts
Gerald Elliott	....	stunts
Bill Erickson	....	stunts
Sandra Lee Gimpel	....	stunts (as Sandra Gimpel)
Bill Hart	....	stunts
David Little	....	stunts (as David A. Little)
M.J. Lord	....	stunts
Matt McColm	....	stunts
J. Suzanne Rampe	....	stunts (as Suzanne Rampe)
David Sanders	....	stunts
Paul E. Short	....	stunt double: Don Rickles Jr.
Rob Swofford	....	stunts
Marvin Walters	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Josh Abrams	....	grip
Robert Reed Altman	....	first assistant camera
George Bacon	....	electrician
Peter Burge	....	grip
Eddie Castillo	....	electrician
Jimmy Cleek	....	video engineer
Chris Daigle	....	still photographer
Mario Davis	....	best boy grip
Cranston Gobbo	....	grip
Ted Harrison	....	key grip
Kurt Johnson	....	electrician
Daniel Keesey	....	dolly grip
Esmeralda Kuhns	....	assistant video engineer
Daniel Cary McCrystal	....	camera loader
Greg R. McCullough	....	gaffer (as Greg McCullough)
Glenn E. Moran	....	electrician
Marc Morrison	....	still photographer (as Mark Morrison)
Daniel Murphy	....	grip
Michael Raspa	....	second assistant camera (as Mike Raspa)
Tommy J. Reece	....	crane operator
Harvey Rivera	....	electrician
Brad Rushing	....	camera operator: second unit
William Skinner	....	grip (as William Scott Skinner)
Thom Souris	....	best boy electric

Casting Department
Janice Head	....	location casting
Burton Sharp	....	voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Fran Allgood	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Frances V. Allgood)
Christine Lee Kuhner	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Gilbert Carreras	....	color timer
Brigitte Daloin	....	assistant editor (as Brigitte Daloin Oswald)
Lucy Hofert	....	assistant editor (as Lucy Hofert Rose)
Debra Powell	....	apprentice editor
John Travers	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Joseph J. Battaglia	....	music coordinator
Joachim H. Hansch	....	music supervisor
Avi Kipper	....	music mixer
Robert Randles	....	music editor
Walt Vincent	....	assistant music editor

Transportation Department
Ray Bellamy	....	transportation co-captain (as Raymond David Bellamy)
Frank Chandler	....	transportation coordinator
Howard Griffith	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Bob Abrams	....	unit publicist
Chris Burge	....	production accountant
Patrick C. Burke	....	production assistant
Fred Davis	....	weapons master (as Fred Davis)
Chris Dobbs	....	film/video coordinator
Virginia Díaz	....	production coordinator (as Virginia Ann Diaz)
Kay Ellis	....	production assistant
Samuel J. Friedman	....	unit publicist
David Hack	....	assistant to producer
Jim LaBove	....	auditor
Nikki Majors	....	animal trainer
Sheldon Roskin	....	unit publicist
Gerald Shepard	....	special effects editor (as Jerry Shepard)
Laura Shrewsbury	....	script supervisor
Devon Smith	....	production assistant
Lee Solters	....	unit publicist
Phil Nichols	....	prosthetics manufacture (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Cannon
• Third Coast Production

Distributors

• Cannon Film Distributors (1990) (USA)
• Cannon Video (1990) (USA) (VHS)
• Capital Filmes (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (DVD-R)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1992) (USA) (video)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:R

Company:

Cannon

Movie Connections:

References Dirty Harry (1971)

One of the best "terrible" movies ever made!

If you are about to die very soon, make sure you see this film and it will send you to your death bed with a huge smile on your face. This film is soooo bad beyond belief, it makes for a great film to watch with your mates at home with a few beers. Every cop/buddy movie cliche' is pulled out the hat. You've heard of Police Squad, well this is truly "Geriatric Squad". The main cast of old stooges combined age must be close to 4 digits. Anyway, the plot focuses on Lee Majors looking after a guy (Keaton, played by Abe Vigoda) at a nursing home after a messed up assassination attempt. I mean this hitman walks through this nursing home calmly, not looking like a hitman at all (moustache, sunglasses, blue suit, and a package under his arm - for crying out loud!). Before this, Lee Majors character is introduced as a burnt out, on-the-edge veteran cop who like to throw people out of windows - the police captain refers to him throwing people out of windows at least 7 or 8 times throughout the movie. Don Rickles is the ill-fated partner. As the credits roll at the start, the script writers were on hot form writing a conversation for these two to have in their car! Standout scenes include the p*ssing in the alleyway conversation scene between Majors and Rickles - what a way to get the plot moving boys - and the scene at the docks where the police badge on Major's blazer magically disappears and re-appears. Fantastic! There are also some really evil bad guys on the loose, who are gay and listen to heavy metal music in their convertible ("Wild in the Streets......"). Oh, and the love interest - a girl young enough to be Lee Major's daughter from the nursing home - helps Lee face his demons and get over the death of his partner etc etc. There is an amusing romantic run along the beach followed by a shower scene as the two get naked and Lee tries so hard to suck in his paunch. Yes, Lee gets over his partners death quite easily. Takes about 2 minutes actually and then is never mentioned again. Gunfights and car chases follow (to classic hillbilly getaway music) and the climax of the 1hr car chase made me spit out my beer with laughter. So if you are a fan of seriously bad movies.......don't dare miss this one!!!