City Heat (1984)

Director:

Richard Benjamin

Writers:

Blake Edwards (story)
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Release Date:

7 December 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Tagline:

Take Clint the street-smart cop . . . take Burt the wise-guy private eye . . . and then take cover!

Plot:

A slick private eye and tough police lieutenant--once partners, now bitter enemies--reluctantly team up to investigate a murder.

Plot Keywords:

1930s | Car Explosion | Spilled Coffee | Shot Multiple Times | Cadillac

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

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
Bruce M. Fischer	...	Bruiser
Art LaFleur	...	Bruiser
Jack Nance	...	Aram Strossell, the Bookkeeper
Dallas Cole	...	Redhead Sherry
Lou Fillipo	...	Referee (as Lou Filippo)
Michael Maurer	...	Vint Diestock
Preston Sparks	...	Keith Stoddard
Ernie Sabella	...	Ballistics Expert
Christopher Michael Moore	...	Roxy Cop
Carey Loftin	...	Roxy Driver
Harry Caesar	...	Locker Room Attendant
Charles Parks	...	Dr. Breslin
Hamilton Camp	...	Garage Attendant
Tab Thacker	...	Tuck
Gene LeBell	...	Garage Soldier
Nick Dimitri	...	Garage Soldier
George Fisher	...	Garage Soldier
Bob Herron	...	Garage Soldier
Bill Hart	...	Garage Soldier
Arthur Malet	...	Doc Loomis
Fred Lerner	...	Pitt Roof Sniper
George Orrison	...	Pitt Doorway Thug
Beau Starr	...	Pitt Lookout
Anthony Charnota	...	Poker Player
Walter Robles	...	Poker Player
Richard Foronjy	...	Poker Player
Joan Shawlee	...	Peggy Barker
Minnie Summers Lindsey	...	Bordello Maid (as Minnie Lindsey)
Darwyn Swalve	...	Bordello Bouncer
Wiley Harker	...	Mr. Smith
Bob Maxwell	...	Mr. Smith
Tom Spratley	...	Chauffeur
Bob Terhune	...	Billiard Soldier
Holgie Forrester	...	Little Red
Harry Demopoulos M.D.	...	Roman Orgy Patron
James C. Lewis	...	Roxy Patron (as Jim Lewis)
Edwin Prevost	...	Butler
Alfie Wise	...	Short Guy
Hank Calia	...	Shorter Friend
Alex Plasschaert	...	Shortest Friend
Daphne Eckler	...	Agnes
Lonna Montrose	...	Didi

Directed by
Richard Benjamin

Writing credits
Blake Edwards		(story) (as Sam O. Brown)
Blake Edwards		(writer) (as Sam O. Brown) and
Joseph Stinson		(writer) (as Joseph C. Stinson)

Produced by
Fritz Manes	....	producer

Original Music by
Lennie Niehaus

Cinematography by
Nick McLean

Film Editing by
Jacqueline Cambas

Production Design by
Edward C. Carfagno		(as Edward Carfagno)

Set Decoration by
George Gaines

Makeup Department
Mark Shostrom	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Fritz Manes	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matt Earl Beesley	....	second assistant director
L. Dean Jones Jr.	....	second assistant director
David Valdes	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Sherman Labby	....	production illustrator
Scott W. Leslie	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Rick Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Dick Alexander)
Bub Asman	....	sound effects editor
Donald L. Bolger	....	cable person
Gordon Davidson	....	sound effects editor
Les Fresholtz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert G. Henderson	....	sound effects editor (as Bob Henderson)
C. Darin Knight	....	sound mixer
Alan Robert Murray	....	sound effects editor
Vern Poore	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jules Strasser	....	boom operator
Brooke H. Ward	....	assistant sound editor (as Brooke Henderson)

Stunts
Michael Cassidy	....	stunts
Vince Deadrick Jr.	....	stunts
Richard Drown	....	stunts
Bud Ekins	....	stunts
Allan Graf	....	stunts
Chuck Hicks	....	stunts
Julius LeFlore	....	stunts
Fritz Manes	....	stunts
Debby Porter	....	stunts
James Hooks Reynolds	....	stunts
Mic Rodgers	....	stunts
Sharon Schaffer	....	stunts
Buddy Van Horn	....	stunt coordinator (as Wayne Van Horn)
Buddy Van Horn	....	stunts (as Wayne Van Horn)
Chuck Waters	....	stunts
George P. Wilbur	....	stunts
Glenn R. Wilder	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Ernie Reed	....	camera operator: second camera
Charles Saldana	....	key grip
Bruce D. Spellman	....	best boy grip
Tom Stern	....	gaffer
Stephen St. John	....	Steadicam operator
Stephen St. John	....	camera operator: "b" camera

Editorial Department
Sandra Davis	....	assistant film editor

Music Department
Robert Fernandez	....	scoring mixer
Donald Harris	....	music editor

Other crew
Stanley Brossette	....	unit publicist
Marie Kenney	....	script supervisor
Laurie Arnow-Epstein	....	construction accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Malpaso Company, The
• Deliverance Productions

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1984) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Filmverleih (1985) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1985) (West Germany) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1985) (UK) (video) (laserdisc)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1988) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Warner Home Video (1992) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes

Also Known As:

Kansas City Jazz (USA) (original script title)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Spain:13 | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | USA:PG (certificate #27552) | Netherlands:12 | West Germany:16 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1985) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG

Company:

Malpaso Company, The

Trivia:

Edwards hired Robert Davi to play the main villain after seeing him in "The Gangster Chronicles" (1981). But after Edwards left the project, Davi's role was reduced considerably.

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.

Quotes:

Lt. Speer: And just what were you gonna do after the bomb went off?
Mike Murphy: Gee, I don't know, Ollie.

Movie Connections:

References Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

Soundtrack:

Let's Do It

It's okay

This film is more of a comedy than action. I like this film, but when I watched it again on TBS, I found it a bit dated and slow. It is funny how taste and attitudes evolve. Worth watching on TBS. Notice how Clint performs physical comedy with his facial expressions. I give this a 6/10.