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City Heat (1984)

PG 12/07/1984 (US) Action, Crime, Comedy 1h 33m

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When a hotshot cop and a wise-guy detective get together... the heat is on!

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Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.

Richard Benjamin

Director
Blake Edwards

Screenplay
Joseph Stinson

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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
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A review by John Chard

70%

Written by John Chard on April 13, 2015

Shocking what Prohibition causes some people to drink these days.

The weight of expectation for City Heat was massive, two iconic Hollywood actors together in a buddy buddy cop movie, one with nods and homages to film noir and old school gangster movies, it wasn't unreasonable to expect a movie to sit with the best on Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynold's then CV's circa 1984. Unfortunately it's no masterpiece or close to being in the upper echelon's of each actor's respective works. But that doesn't make it a bad film.

A change of director saw Blake Edwards replaced by Richard Benjamin after... read the rest.

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