Fuzz (1972)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Richard A. Colla

Writers:

Evan Hunter (novel)
Evan Hunter (screenplay)

Release Date:

12 February 1973 (Denmark)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Here Come The

Plot:

Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Detective | Beautiful Woman | Rapist | Police Station

Cast

Burt Reynolds	...	Det. Steve Carella
Jack Weston	...	Det. Meyer Meyer
Tom Skerritt	...	Det. Bert Kling
Raquel Welch	...	Det. Eileen McHenry
Yul Brynner	...	The Deaf Man
James McEachin	...	Det. Arthur Brown
Steve Ihnat	...	Det. Andy Parker
Dan Frazer	...	Lt. Byrnes
Bert Remsen	...	Sgt. Murchison
Stewart Moss	...	Det. Hal Willis
H. Benny Markowitz	...	Patrolman Levine
James Victor	...	Patrolman Gomez
Royce D. Applegate	...	Patrolman Cramer (as Roy Applegate)
Tom Lawrence	...	Patrolman Crosby
Norman Burton	...	Police Commissioner Nelson

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | UK:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Filmways Pictures

Trivia:

'Brian de Palma' was about to direct the film but disagreed with the casting of Yul Brynner and Raquel Welch, and subsequently left the project.

Soundtrack:

I'll Be Seeing You

Enjoyably shaggy cop movie, but what's with that final shot?

Burt Reynolds is so laid-back in this picture I thought he might fall over. He, Jack Weston and Tom Skerritt are cops at the Boston Precinct trying to stop a serial killer from blowing up more politicians, Yul Brynner is the bad guy who knows just what clueless cops these guys are, and Raquel Welch is the new badge in the building (the guys humiliate her for awhile, but she's tough and proves her merit). This is a routine cop comedy with dramatic and sometimes violent overtones, not unlike "MASH" (which it attempts to emulate in its cynicism). It was moderately popular in theaters in 1972 mainly because Burt Reynolds had just posed for Cosmo magazine and the ads and the movie one-sheet played that up. I liked Welch's scenes defending herself in the office (where she's been unceremoniously dumped at a desk) and the climactic moments are well done. The end vocal by Dinah Shore is a wonderful bit (Burt was dating her at the time). But that very last shot is perplexing: there's no explanation for it, and I'm sure it left audiences baffled. It's an artistic shot, done with humor, but considering what happens before it, it makes no logical sense. **1/2 from ****