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Brothers-in-Law

1985 · 74 min

A light, brisk TV action-comedy about two mismatched men teaming up for payback, easy to watch with mild stakes and a few laughs.

Directed by
E.W. Swackhamer
Genres
Tv movie, Action
Starring
Mac Davis, Joe Cortese, Robert Culp
Overview
T.K. Kenny and Mickey Gubiacci are a highway patrolman and a trucker respectively. Now the two of them don't get along and have nothing in common except for the fact that they are both married to the daughters of Winston Goodhue, and that they don't like him. When Kenny divorces his wife, Goodhue makes it difficult for him to see his son, Win, and would like to keep him away from Win. Goodhue eventually gets Kenny thrown out of the department. Mickey, who has been hauling some illegal loads for Goodhue is arrested and Goodhue convinces his daughter to dump him. And Goodhue takes away his truck. Eventually, Kenny and Mickey get together and decide to get back at Goodhue. And the best way they decide to do that is to throw a monkey wrench into his new development project.

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Directed by
E.W. Swackhamer
Genres
Tv movie, Action
Starring
Mac Davis, Joe Cortese, Robert Culp
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • family
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • class
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror0
Humour5
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
tv movie, action
Directed by
E.W. Swackhamer
Written by
Stephen J. Cannell
Starring
Mac Davis, Joe Cortese, Robert Culp, John Saxon, Daphne Ashbrook, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Lukas Haas
Cinematography
Donald H. Birnkrant
Runtime
74 min

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