Malpaso Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures
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City Heat
When a hotshot cop and a wise-guy detective get together... the heat is on!
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.
- Original title
- City Heat
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $25,000,000
- Revenue
- $38,348,988
r96sk
Jan 22, 2022 · via TMDB
Clint Eastwood carries it, but <em>'City Heat'</em> as a whole is just about good. Burt Reynolds makes for a solid partner for Eastwood, though his character isn't as strong as the latter's - who is played by the film's standout, no doubt. There's not any star performers behind those two, though Richard Roundtree and Rip Torn are alright. One positive, though, is the 1930s set design, which I really liked. Not the most memorable flick, you could say it ought to be due to the double act up top, but I still found it to be a satisfactory watch.
John Chard
Apr 13, 2015 · via TMDB
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 Eastwood and Edwards, ahem, couldn't see eye to eye, so that immediately put the film on the back foot in many critic's eyes. Ironically Benjamin does OK - working from Edwards' script (there's a whole bunch of back stories and tittle-tattle assigned to this film if you care to search for it). Lots of fun here, though, as Clint and Burt, one a cop, the other an ex-cop turned PI, reluctantly team up to cut a swathe through the gangsters ruling the roost in prohibition era Kansas City. Eastwood does his straight backed machismo act, throwing awesome punches along the way, while Reynolds is wonderfully cheerful as a tough guy who all things considered, would rather not get hurt! The script is full of zingers, delivered with customary sardonic self parody by the stars, while the roll call of supporting actors is not to be sniffed at. Period detail is high end, with Nick McLean's photography carrying the requisite neo-noir impact, while the music tracking is pleasingly nostalgic. It's over the top of course and needlessly convoluted as per its yearning to be noirish, yet if you can cut back your expectation levels? And you can simply enjoy the sight of Eastwood and Reynolds having fun romping in this period? Then you just might enjoy this more than you dared to believe. 7/10
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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
Nicholas Worth
Troy Roker
Robert Davi
Nino
John Hancock
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Jack Thibeau
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Joan Shawlee
Peggy Barker
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George Orrison
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Buddy Van Horn
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Allan Graf
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Dec 5, 1984
Los Angeles, California
Dec 7, 1984
