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A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
1982 · Directed by Walter Hill · 96 min · Crime · Action · Comedy · Screenplay in the scene database · 12 frames
Tagline
One cop. One con. No mercy.
Plot
Murderer and robber Albert Ganz escapes from prison with the help of a member of his gang, Billy Bear. The criminals travel to San Francisco to recover money from Ganz's last robbery. Searching for the cash, they kill Henry Wong, a former member of the gang, then assault another former member, Luther Kelly. Luther admits that he knows where the money is but cannot retrieve it for a couple of days. Ganz and Billy kidnap Luther's girlfriend Rosalie as collateral.
Ganz and Billy use a stolen credit card for a hotel room, alerting the SFPD. Inspector Jack Cates joins Inspectors Algren and Van Zant at the hotel to investigate. Believing they are simply investigating a stolen card, the three officers are unaware of the danger. Ganz and Billy ambush and kill Algren and Van Zant, escaping with Jack's service revolver.
Wanting to avenge Algren and Van Zant, Jack visits another former member of Ganz's gang, Reggie Hammond, currently imprisoned for armed robbery with six months left in his sentence. Reggie becomes concerned when he learns that Ganz is loose and tells Jack he can assist him in tracking down Ganz if Jack gets him out of prison. Jack illegally forges a 48-hour release to put Reggie in his custody. Reggie brings Jack to Luther's apartment, where the duo captures him as he tries to flee. Luther refuses to admit he has seen Ganz. Jack becomes suspicious that Reggie is concealing something.
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Crew
- Written by: Larry Gross, Walter Hill, Steven E. de Souza, Roger Spottiswoode
- Cinematography: Ric Waite
- Edited by: Mark Warner, Billy Weber, Freeman A. Davies
- Music: James Horner
- Production design: John Vallone
- Produced by: Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver
Cast
- Nick Nolte as Jack Cates
- Eddie Murphy as Reggie Hammond
- Annette O'Toole as Elaine
- Frank McRae as Haden
- James Remar as Albert Ganz
- David Patrick Kelly as Luther
- Sonny Landham as Billy Bear
- Brion James as Ben Kehoe
- Kerry Sherman as Rosalie, Hostage Girl
- Jonathan Banks as Algren
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Silver Pictures
- Budget: $12,000,000
- Box office: $78,868,508
- Themes: prison, san francisco, california, knife, partner, revenge, convict, buddy cop, tough cop, fake fight, dysfunctional relationship
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