Detective School Dropouts (Private Detectives) (Dumb Dicks) (1985)
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56% of users liked it
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Neither the idiotic title Detective School Dropouts nor the film's alternate cognomen Dumb Dicks are worthy of this easy-to-take crime comedy. David Landsberg stars as a likeable schlemiel who is addicted to detective stories. He links up with down-and-out gumshoe Lorin Dreyfuss (brother of… More Neither the idiotic title Detective School Dropouts nor the film's alternate cognomen Dumb Dicks are worthy of this easy-to-take crime comedy. David Landsberg stars as a likeable schlemiel who is addicted to detective stories. He links up with down-and-out gumshoe Lorin Dreyfuss (brother of Richard--and also, with David Landsberg, the co-writer of this film), hoping that some of Dreyfuss' so-called expertise will rub off on him. This far-from-dynamic duo soon find themselves embroiled in an Italian family feud, a kidnapping, and a murder charge. One of the few Golan/Globus films to lose money, Detective School Dropouts has happily found an enthusiastic audience thanks to multiple cable-TV showings. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Filippo Ottoni
- Genres
- Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Aug 8, 1986 Wide
- Studio
- MGM Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com
Somewhere in this lousy, stupid, cheap little movie is pure comedy gold.
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Cast
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David Landsberg
as Donald Wilson
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Lorin Dreyfuss
as Paul Miller
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Christian De Sica
as Carlo Lombardi
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Valeria Golino
as Caterina
- Rik Battaglia
- Francesco Cinieri
- Mario Brega
- Arlene Golonka
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George Eastman
as Bruno
