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Red Heat
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
1988 · Directed by Walter Hill · 104 min · Action · Crime · 10 frames
Tagline
Moscow's toughest detective. Chicago's craziest cop. There's only one thing worse than making them mad. Making them partners.
Crew
- Screenplay: Troy Kennedy Martin, Harry Kleiner, Walter Hill
- Cinematography: Matthew F. Leonetti
- Edited by: Donn Aron, Freeman A. Davies, Carmel Davies
- Music: James Horner
- Production design: John Vallone
- Produced by: Gordon Carroll, Walter Hill
Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ivan Danko
- Jim Belushi as Art Ridzik
- Peter Boyle as Lou Donnelly
- Ed O'Ross as Viktor Rostavili
- Laurence Fishburne as Lt. Stobbs
- Gina Gershon as Cat Manzetti
- Richard Bright as Sgt. Gallagher
- Brent Jennings as Abdul Elijah
- Gretchen Palmer as Hooker
- Pruitt Taylor Vince as Night Clerk
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Russian
- Studios: Carolco Pictures, Lone Wolf, Oak Pictures
- Budget: $29,000,000
- Box office: $34,994,648
- Themes: drug dealer, martial arts, police brutality, showdown, street gang, police, cold war, soviet union, investigation, revenge
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