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City Heat

1984 · 97 min

A breezy, bantering buddy caper with shootouts and slapstick, coasting on star chemistry more than plot.

Directed by
Richard Benjamin
Genres
Action, Crime, Comedy
Tagline
When a hotshot cop and a wise-guy detective get together... the heat is on!
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Richard Benjamin
Genres
Action, Crime, Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • revenge
  • crime
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Genres
action, crime, comedy
Directed by
Richard Benjamin
Written by
Blake Edwards, Joseph Stinson
Starring
Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn, Rip Torn, Irene Cara, Richard Roundtree, Tony Lo Bianco
Music
Lennie Niehaus
Cinematography
Nick McLean
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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