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In Kansas City 1933, wisecracking detective Murphy (Burt Reynolds) tracks the
killer of his partner. Police Lt. Speer (Clint Eastwood) doesn’t have much
tolerance for the local mob war’s body count.
Neither guy likes each other, so
that makes them a dream team. And it provides the ideal scenario as they clean
up the town with slugfests and shoot-’em ups that parody Reynolds’ and
Eastwood’s macho screen images.
Director Richard Benjamin gets the ’30s
stylishly right and the supporting cast - Jane Alexander, Irene Cara, Rip Torn,
Richard Roundtree, Tony Lo Bianco and Madeline Kahn - makes the antics sparkle.
Hard-boiled and hilarious, City Heat is your red-hot ticket to starry
entertainment.
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