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55% Critic Match
City Heat
“When a hotshot cop and a wise-guy detective get together... the heat is on!”
5.5 / 10• 1984• 1h 37m•PG• English
ActionCrimeComedy
Storyline
Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.
Cast & Crew
Clint Eastwood
Lieutenant Speer
Lead
Burt Reynolds
Mike Murphy
Jane Alexander
Addy
Madeline Kahn
Caroline Howley
Rip Torn
Primo Pitt
Irene Cara
Ginny Lee
Richard Roundtree
Dehl Swift
Tony Lo Bianco
Leon Coll
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Benjamin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. City Heat is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
