Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)

Brash NYC policeman Officer Gunther Toody is partnered with stiff, by-the-book Officer Francis Muldoon to protect an important mafia witness prior to testifying against orgainzed crime in ... See full summary »

Director:

Bill Fishman

Writers:

Nat Hiken (television series), Erik Tarloff (story)

Stars:

David Johansen, John C. McGinley, Fran Drescher

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Johansen	...	Officer Gunther Toody
John C. McGinley	...	Officer Francis Muldoon
Fran Drescher	...	Velma Velour
Nipsey Russell	...	Police Capt. Dave Anderson
Rosie O'Donnell	...	Lucille Toody
Daniel Baldwin	...	Don Motti
Jeremy Piven	...	Herbert Hortz
Bobby C. Collins	...	Carlo
Louis Di Bianco	...	Nicco
Al Lewis	...	Leo Schnauzer
Barbara Hamilton	...	Mrs. Muldoon
Eliza Roberts	...	Boys in Blue Director (as Eliza Garrett)
Rik Colitti	...	Sgt. Abrams
Penn Jillette	...	Luther (as Penn)
Teller	...	Luther (as Teller)

Storyline

Brash NYC policeman Officer Gunther Toody is partnered with stiff, by-the-book Officer Francis Muldoon to protect an important mafia witness prior to testifying against orgainzed crime in Brooklyn, all the while dealing with their personal lives, overbearing spouses, common criminals, arms dealers, and their officious boss Captain Anderson.

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Plot Keywords:

law enforcer | question in title | police officer | police | nurse | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 January 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

54-es, jelentkezz!

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,700,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$971,444, 30 January 1994, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$1,238,080

Company Credits

Production Co:

Orion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Al Lewis and Nipsey Russell were in the original Car 54, Where Are You? (1961) TV series, playing Officer Leo Schnauser and Officer Dave Anderson, respectively. Here they play the same characters years older, as if this film were a sequel to the original series, rather than the updated and (otherwise) recast remake that it is.

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Goofs

During the opening credits, when Toody and Schnauser are in the car reading, Toody steers left before hitting the dirt ramp, but the ramp is on the right side of the road.

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Quotes

Officer Gunther Toody: Tell Don Marty, Detroit Dan is here.

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Connections

Referenced in I Hate Everything: the Search for the Worst: The Bat People (2015)

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Soundtracks

Car 54 Rap
Written by C.B. Miller, Dan Miller and Michael Miller
Performed by MMM&S

User Reviews

Bad as it is... ... it broke ground about Hollywood tarnishing old time T.V.

The old t.v. show had its undeniable quirky charm. this should be self evident, otherwise a 2 season sitcom from 1961-63 would have been long forgotten, and no studio would have thrown a 1990's budget at so weak a concept as to make a movie of an obscure t.v. relic. But the people behind the film had no concept of what made this show stick in peoples' craw, and that was the ridiculous innocence and banality of the crimes that mediocre good guys Toody, Muldoon, etc. encountered and dealt with in the big, bad city of New York on an episode by episode basis. Making Muldoon a crusader, rather than an equally bumbling ineffectual creature like Gunther Toody obliterates the charm of the sitcom. The whole idea of anyone from the squad actually approaching a ":real" or "serious" crime kills the whole premise of "Car 54 Where are You?" This is a relic of a sheltered and surreally unrealistic time, and this attempt to have one foot in this world and another in the semi post-repression non reality of contemporary aesthetics just doesn't cut it. Besides that, this is a bad mess of a movie on all standards.