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4.6/10   177 votes
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Release Date:
27 February 1987 (USA) more
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A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and criminal activity that leads right back to their own police department. full summary | add synopsis
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Nuthin' I like better than a good 'MOM' joke. more (4 total)

Cast

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Robert Carradine ... Det. Barzak

Billy Dee Williams ... Det. Hazeltine
Valerie Bertinelli ... Teresa Barzak
Peter Graves ... Capt. Ferris

Doris Roberts ... Mrs. Barzak
Bobby Di Cicco ... Malcolm
Ray Girardin ... Lt. Kaminski
Barry Sattels ... DeCosta

Mykelti Williamson ... Casey (as Mykel T. Williamson)

Jon Gries ... Bobby Sweet (as Jonathan Gries)
Richard Minchenberg ... Lepidus
Michael Goodwin ... Pogue
LaGena Hart ... Blonde
Alex Rebar ... Boudreau
Artie Ripp ... Rotweiler
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103 min
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Iceland:16 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | USA:R
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Revealing mistakes: When the blonde returns DeCosta's serve, another ball is bouncing in the lower right as he runs away from camera. more
Quotes:
Det. Barzak: [Chasing a gunman through the streets] Freeze! Police! FREEZE! I don't know why I tell 'em to freeze - they never freeze.
[Gunman gets hit by cab; goes thru windshield]
Det. Hazeltine: He shoulda froze.
Det. Barzak: Well, it's not like we didn't tell him, man.
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Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Canyon Blues more

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1 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
Nuthin' I like better than a good 'MOM' joke., 9 July 2006
8/10
Author: steve83-1 from Memphis, TN, USA

No one will ever say this was a "great film", but it's still got plenty of redeeming qualities that place it far above most of the tripe Hollywierd is pumping out these days. An endless stream of subtle but hilarious one-liners ("Man, I was just on the toilet thinking' about you. Ain't life a bitch?" and "I guess he shoulda froze." "Well, it's not like we didn't tell him."), scene setups that have been copied to death for their comic potential (like the drying-out scene), and the cliché but still fresh presentation of a classic buddy-movie. Even the annoying characters (like Mom) are somehow entertaining in their own way. It doesn't surprise me that this title is conspicuously absent from rental shelves, but I, for one, will be glad when it's finally available on DVD.

PS I still find myself quoting this movie at least once a week: "No, thanks. I'm on a low-mucous diet." :-D

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