Stakeout

8/5/19871h 56m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it! ~

Overview:

Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.

Director:

John Badham

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$14,500,000.00

Revenue:

$65,673,233.00

Key words:

prison
police
killing
shower
seattle, washington
prison escape
murder
police chase
killer
police detective
stakeout
police stakeout
buddy cop
prisoner on the run
voyeurism
logging
amused

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss

~ as ~

Det. Chris Lecce

Emilio Estevez

~ as ~

Det. Bill Reimers

Madeleine Stowe

~ as ~

Maria McGuire

Aidan Quinn

~ as ~

Richard "Stick" Montgomery

Dan Lauria

~ as ~

Det. Phil Coldshank

Forest Whitaker

~ as ~

Det. Jack Pismo

Earl Billings

~ as ~

Capt. Giles

Jackson Davies

~ as ~

FBI Agent Lusk

Ian Tracey

~ as ~

Caylor Reese

Denalda Williams

~ as ~

Farol Bernie

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Reviews (1)

k
kevin2019
Written 1 year(s) ago
10
"Stakeout" is a perfectly packaged film which has been expertly crafted to successfully achieve maximum results. It has been aimed directly at the commercial market and this would ordinarily mean a somewhat cynical and by-the-numbers motion picture experience with lots of money thrown at it to accommodate the noisy action sequences with very little attention being paid to the rest of it. Of course a good deal of that also applies here, although with the significant difference being a lot more attention has been paid to making this entertaining above all else. What all this amounts to on this occasion is a very engaging and well paced film with considerably more depth of character and story than you would expect and it has a fair share of humorous and perilous surprises thrown into the mix for good measure.