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Stakeout

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Stakeout
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R,1hr 57min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama,Action
Release:
1987
Director:
John Badham
Distributor:
Walt Disney Video
Starring:
Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe  ...more
Synopsis: Though John Badham's Stakeout doesn't flinch in the violence department, the film concentrates primarily on characterization. Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez play a pair of Seattle detectives, assigned to capture escaped hood Aidan Quinn. The twosome spends much of the film on stakeout in a lonely, deserted house; the object of their scrutiny is Madeline Stowe, Quinn's former girlfriend. Pretending to be a telephone repairman, Dreyfuss plants a bug in Stowe's apartment--thereby inaugurating a ... Full Synopsis
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Mike DiBella, AMG Review
This 1987 oddball buddy flick was a commercial success thanks in part to its loose, hammy cast and its peeping Tom sensibility. Although certainly not of Rear Window's caliber, the film borrows from the Hitchcock classic's central premise of invading a stranger's private life. Director John Badham gives the concept a sleazy spin that generally adds to the overall comedic mood of the film, while Richard ... Full Review
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Richard Dreyfuss
Chris Lecce
Emilio Estevez
Bill Riemers
Madeleine Stowe
Maria McGuire
Aidan Quinn
Richard "Stick" Montgomery
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