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Partners
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R,1hr 33min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1982
Director:
James Burrows
Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment
Starring:
Ryan O'Neal, John Hurt, Kenneth McMillan  ...more
Synopsis: TV director James Burrows made his feature debut with this unusual film that's a situation comedy-style twist on both The Odd Couple (1968) and Cruising (1980). The murder of a male model in a gay, beachfront enclave of L.A. warrants an undercover investigation, so police officer Benson (Ryan O'Neal), a straight, macho, law-and-order type, is assigned to partner with file clerk Kerwin (John Hurt), a mild-mannered homosexual. Benson and Kerwin are to pose as a gay couple who have just moved to the ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Hastings, AMG Review
Movies -- in general -- don't get much worse than this flat, woefully misconceived odd-couple "comedy" that somehow manages to be offensive while being utterly toothless. Apparently a gloss on the same subject matter as 1980's reviled psycho-sexual thriller Cruising, Partners seems to forget from moment to moment what it's trying to be: an "outrageous" gay-straight farce, a sub-Scooby Doo murder mystery, ... Full Review
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Ryan O'Neal
Benson
John Hurt
Kerwin
Kenneth McMillan
Chief Wilkens
Robyn Douglass
Jill
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Cruising (2007) Dragnet (1987) The Odd Couple (1968) The Birdcage (1996) Kiss Me, Guido (1997) The Closet (2001)
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