Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander

This was supposed to be a blockbuster: the 1984 meeting of then-box-office icons Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood. Instead, the result was surprisingly flat, though Reynolds and Eastwood have their mo...( read more  read more... )ments. The plot is a mishmash about bootleggers, gangsters, and kidnapping in the 1930s, with Reynolds as a free-wheeling private eye and Eastwood as a jaded cop who doesn't like Reynolds's style. The two stars exaggerate their well-established screen personas, which, in Reynolds's case, was already exaggerated enough. Directed by Richard Benjamin, it's weak stuff, despite a cast that includes Rip Torn, Madeline Kahn, Tony Lo Bianco, and Jane Alexander. The big running gag is about the size of Eastwood's gun. --Marshall Fine

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PG, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: Richard Benjamin

Release Date: December 7, 1984

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  • December 25, 2006
    Unusual for the time it was made; Reynolds and Eastwood are essentially sending themselves up in a post-modern tongue in cheek gangster comedy that fails mainly because it doesn't go quite far enough; it doesn't seem to be able to make up it's mind whether it's an action film or ...( read more)a comedy...Clint and Burt are very watchable nonetheless.
  • October 5, 2009
    Sloppily made and produced, not very impressive period detail. It just seems like they threw a movie together just to showcase the two lead stars and didn?t much thought into it. Slow at times, it?s never very interesting. Occasionally it produces chuckles, but hardly often enough.
  • September 19, 2009
    Completely ordinary crime comedy.Jane Alexander and Madeline Kahn are shamefully wasted, Reynolds looks like a wax figure and Clint walks through it as if he's bored by the whole thing. Chances are you will be too.
  • August 29, 2009
    (1984 Director: Richard Benjamin) (review to follow) I noticed Rip Torn co-stars in this one!! Ah..and do I see Richard Roundtree? Madelein Kahn?
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  • August 10, 2009
    Cute movie, especially with Eastwood's eye twitch.
  • June 23, 2009
    A bad screen couple.Dont understand me wrong.? like both of them.But you cant just mix everything you want.I like ice tea.And milk too.But ? was going to puke when i mixed them and drink!
  • January 10, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested.
  • November 6, 2008
    Set in the 1930s, Lt. Speer (Clint Eastwood) and Pvt. Eye Mike Murphy (Burt Reynolds) reluctantly team up to take on city mobsters, drug pushers and investigate into a kidnapping and a murder.

    Also stars Richard Roundtree, Jane Alexander, Rip Torn, Irene Cara and Tony Lo Bianco....( read more)

    Directed by Richard Benjamin.
  • June 26, 2008
    Quite a silly movie really but still fun to watch Clint and Burt Reynolds work together.

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