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City Heat (1984)

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Overview

Director:
Richard Benjamin
Writers:
Blake Edwards (story)
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Release Date:
7 December 1984 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Action | Comedy more
Tagline:
Take Clint the street-smart cop . . . take Burt the wise-guy private eye . . . and then take cover! more
Plot:
A slick private eye and tough police lieutenant--once partners, now bitter enemies--reluctantly team up to investigate a murder. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Do you feel a cold draft? more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Clint Eastwood ... Lieutenant Speer

Burt Reynolds ... Mike Murphy

Jane Alexander ... Addy
Madeline Kahn ... Caroline Howley

Rip Torn ... Primo Pitt
Irene Cara ... Ginny Lee

Richard Roundtree ... Dehl Swift

Tony Lo Bianco ... Leon Coll

William Sanderson ... Lonnie Ash
Nicholas Worth ... Troy Roker

Robert Davi ... Nino
Jude Farese ... Dub Slack
John Hancock ... Fat Freddy
Jack Thibeau ... Garage Soldier
Gerald S. O'Loughlin ... Counterman Louie
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Spain:13 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | USA:PG (certificate #27552) | Netherlands:12 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | West Germany:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1985) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG
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Trivia:
Marsha Mason was originally cast as Addy but left the film due to creative differences. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the scene where Spear gets into a shoot-out with the thug in the hallway and stairwell, he shoots the thug a total of eight times, all in the upper chest area. However, later when he and Murphy are examining the bodies in the morgue, there is an overhead shot of the same thug and he has no upper chest wounds of any kind. more
Quotes:
Lt. Speer: How about a fast game of sleeper?
Poolroom thug: What's that?
Lt. Speer: That's where you take your best shot, and I put you to sleep.
Lt. Speer: [cracks him over the head with a pool cue]
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Movie Connections:
References The Public Enemy (1931) more
Soundtrack:
Montage Blues more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Do you feel a cold draft?, 12 July 2006
5/10
Author: lost-in-limbo from the Mad Hatter's tea party.

It's 1933 and in Kansas City, we follow that of Detective Murphy, as his partner has just been killed by some big-heads and he finds himself caught up in the web he has left behind. While, this is going on Lieutenant Speer also investigates, but when the two collide, there are some fireworks, as they have a work history together. But they have to put their differences aside, if they are going to get the job done.

Should I call this a disappointment, because the effortlessly shallow material just doesn't go hand-to-hand with the talent that was involved. This parody / drama on noir and tough-guy images is no more than a vehicle for the two stars, who just seem to be slumming it out here. It's not a bad film, because it's well made, but the story doesn't entirely hit any strides, it changes direction between spoof and drama with mixed results and it can be quite tedious in spots. All the accolades though, would have to go to the delightfully smooth Burt Reynolds in the role as the charismatic, smart-guy detective Murphy. His presence definitely overshadows Eastwood. But the colourful banter and always at odds attitude between the two, makes it a fun pairing up to watch, as they work off each rather nicely. Clint Eastwood, plays the straight-faced, no-bull Lieutenant Speer with his usual approach and sly humour. They both get some highly witty, top-notch lines. The supporting cast are satisfactory with the likes of Rip Torn, Jane Alexander, Irene Cara, Richard Roundtree and Robert Davi dusting in with a skew of personalities. While, they're worth better material, they all do the best with what they're given to work with. The feel of the 1930's has an artificial air about it here, as clearly you can't escape the back-lot sets. But still it's professionally catered for with a pleasant blues score and a dour colour scheme crafted in to get that glum, wet atmospheric night build-up of Kansas City. The direction of Richard Benjamin is quite standard, but it has some neat photography techniques of the period and a few flashy impulses, like one fine and exciting late-night shoot-out in a deserted street.

Nothing much out of the ordinary and very forgettable, but only the fans of two stars should really bother with this one.

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