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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Rex Weiner (characters)
James Cappe (story) ...
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Release Date:
11 July 1990 (USA) more
Tagline:
Kojak. Columbo. Dirty Harry. Wimps. more
Plot:
Ford "Mr. Rock n' Roll Detective" Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it's not with the opposite sex... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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 (From Movieline. 28 October 2009, 10:40 AM, PDT)

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 (From The AV Club. 27 May 2008, 9:03 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
This stinker is the best Renny Harlin-film there is more (101 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Andrew Dice Clay ... Ford Fairlane

Wayne Newton ... Julian Grendel

Priscilla Presley ... Colleen Sutton
Morris Day ... Don Cleveland, Record Producer

Lauren Holly ... Jazz

Maddie Corman ... Zuzu Petals
Gilbert Gottfried ... Johnny Crunch

David Patrick Kelly ... Sam
Brandon Call ... The Kid

Robert Englund ... Smiley
Ed O'Neill ... Lt. Amos
Vince Neil ... Bobby Black
Sheila E. ... Club Singer
David Arnott ... Club Guy
Mark Goldstein ... Club Guy
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Runtime:
104 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:R (Manitoba) | New Zealand:R18 | Spain:13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Germany:18 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #30128)

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Trivia:
Director Trademark: [Renny Harlin] [Finland]Finlandia Vodka more
Goofs:
Continuity: Jazz is thrown sideways through a window, but on the next shot, she is going head first. more
Quotes:
Don Cleveland: You got to shave before you leave the house in a dress like that... and I don't mean your legs. more
Movie Connections:
References The Wizard of Oz (1939) more
Soundtrack:
UNBELIEVABLE more

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12 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
This stinker is the best Renny Harlin-film there is, 5 February 2003
Author: Vesikko from Finland

How could this thing be 'best'-anything??? Ford Fairlane reportedly cleaned the place in 1991 Razzie Awards. It is a SOB of a film, stupid, offensive, boring. Still I think that this IS the best that Renny Harlin – or Lauri Harjola like his Finnish name goes – has been able to create. There always seems to be something tacky and brainless in his movies so it's better that it's intentional like in Ford Fairlane. This movie has only 3 positive things in it:

1. It is a sort of testament for 1980's LA hair metal scene.

2. Ed O'Neill appears shortly.

3. Billy Idol's 'Cradle of love' is a great song.

Not that I think anybody would care, but if you watch very carefully the beginning of Bobby Black's funeral scene, you can see the Finnish Playboy-model Kata Kärkkäinen – who the Harlin/Harjola shortly dated – doing cameo as a 'metal-babe' who… Nevermind.

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