Comedy thriller, set in the latter days of the Prohibition period, about a private eye (Burt Reynolds) and a police lieutenant (Clint Eastwood) who team up to investigate a murder.
Originally called Kansas City Jazz, it had been written by Blake Edwards, who was also to direct. But Eastwood and Edwards disliked each other from their first meeting – according to Reynolds, Edwards brought out caviar and champagne when Eastwood is a beer and pretzels kinda guy – so exit Edwards and enter director Richard Benjamin.
Despite the on-set problems, City Heat is decent entertainment – a nostalgic sprint through Prohibition-era Kansas City, with Eastwood and Reynolds both lampooning themselves with accustomed ease and trying hard to re-create the chemistry of Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy in Boom Town.
Lieutenant Speer
Clint Eastwood Mike Murphy
Burt Reynolds Addy
Jane Alexander Caroline Howley
Madeline Kahn Primo Pitt
Pitt Rip Torn Ginny Lee
Irene Cara Dehl Swift
Richard Roundtree Leon Coll
Tony Lo Bianco Lonnie Ash
William Sanderson Troy Roker
Nicholas Worth Nino
Robert Davi Dub Slack
Jude Farese Fat Freddie
John Hancock Tuck
Tab Thacker Counterman Louie
Gerald S. O’loughlin Aram Strossell
Jack Nance Redhead Sherry
Dallas Cole Vint Diestock
Michael Maurer Keith Stoddard
Preston Sparks Dr Breslin
Charles Parks Doc Loomis
Arthur Malet Peggy Barker
Joan Shawlee Mr Smith
Wiley Harker Mr Smith
Bob Maxwell Little Red
Holgie Forrester Agnes
Daphne Eckler Didi
Lonna Montrose
Director
Richard Benjamin
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