
“It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it!”
Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.
Release Date: 8/5/1987
Runtime: 116 minutes
Languages: English
Director: John Badham
Budget: $14.5M
Revenue: $65.7M
Companies: Silver Screen Partners II, Touchstone Pictures
Countries: United States of America
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"Stakeout" is a perfectly packaged film which has been expertly crafted to successfully achieve maximum results. It has been aimed directly at the commercial market and this would ordinarily mean a somewhat cynical and by-the-numbers motion picture experience with lots of money thrown at it to accommodate the noisy action sequences with very little attention being paid to the rest of it. Of course a good deal of that also applies here, although with the significant difference being a lot more attention has been paid to making this entertaining above all else. What all this amounts to on this occasion is a very engaging and well paced film with considerably more depth of character and story than you would expect and it has a fair share of humorous and perilous surprises thrown into the mix for good measure.
Maria McGuire

Richard Dreyfuss
Det. Chris Lecce

Emilio Estevez
Det. Bill Reimers

Madeleine Stowe
Maria McGuire

Aidan Quinn
Richard "Stick" Montgomery

Dan Lauria
Det. Phil Coldshank

Forest Whitaker
Det. Jack Pismo

Earl Billings
Capt. Giles

Jackson Davies
FBI Agent Lusk

Ian Tracey
Caylor Reese

Denalda Williams
Farol Bernie

J.J. Makaro
B.C.
Scott Andersen
Reynaldo McGuire
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