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Stakeout is a 1987 American action comedy film directed by John Badham. The screenplay was written by Jim Kouf, who also served as producer. The cast features Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, and Aidan Quinn. The film was produced by Touchstone Pictures and Silver Screen Partners II, with cinematography by John Seale and editing by Tom Rolf. Music was composed by Arthur B. Rubinstein.
The narrative follows two detectives observing an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, leading to complications when one falls for her. The story is set in Washington and Seattle, with filming taking place in Vancouver. The movie has a runtime of 116 or 117 minutes and was released on August 5, 1987. It was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Netflix, iTunes, and Disney+ in various formats, including video on demand.
Financial details indicate a budget of $14,500,000 and box office revenue of approximately $65,700,000. The film received review scores of 6.9 out of 10 and 89%, with an IMDb rating of 6.7. It was followed by the sequel Another Stakeout.
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6.5Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.
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
Themes
- prison
- police
- killing
- shower
- seattle, washington
- prison escape
- murder
- police chase
- killer
- police detective
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- detective film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Another Stakeout
- Director
- John Badham
- Screenwriter
- Jim Kouf
- Composer
- Arthur B. Rubinstein
- Producer
- Jim Kouf
- Cinematographer
- John Seale
- Narrative location
- Seattle
- Filming location
- Vancouver
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 283904
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1988-01-21
- title
- Stakeout
- distributed by
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- film editor
- Tom Rolf
- production code
- 0456
- review score
- 89%
- box office
- 65700000
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