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1984 Certificate 15
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Kansas City 1935. Prohibition rules and the mobs run the streets. Clint Eastwood is hard-nosed Lt. Speer, a cop with an unhealthy disrespect for Private Investigators who do things their own way. Burt Reynolds is Mike Murphy, a P.I. who does what he likes and doesn't mind letting Speer know it. Murphy's partner Dehl Swift (.. Read more

Starring Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn
Director Richard Benjamin
Genres Drama

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City Heat

Kansas City 1935. Prohibition rules and the mobs run the streets. Clint Eastwood is hard-nosed Lt. Speer, a cop with an unhealthy disrespect for Private Investigators who do things their own way. Burt Reynolds is Mike Murphy, a P.I. who does what he likes and doesn't mind letting Speer know it. Murphy's partner Dehl Swift (Richard Roundtree), a cool black dude with a line in fancy suits, sees a chance to retire by ripping off the local underworld kingpin and setting him up against the heavyweight from the next block. But Dehl's in too deep and when he ends up playing side salad to a car bonnet, Murphy has to pick up the pieces.

Starring Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn, Rip Torn, Irene Cara
Director Richard Benjamin
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 02 Sep 2003
Production year: 1984
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (3) of City Heat

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds were dream casting, but this comedy thriller got off to a bad start. Originally called Kansas City Jazz, it had been written by Blake Edwards, who was also to direct. But Eastwood and Edwards disliked each other from their first meeting — according to Reynolds, Edwards brought out caviar and champagne when Eastwood is a beer and pretzels kinda guy — so exit Edwards and enter director Richard Benjamin. Despite the on-set problems, City Heat is decent entertainment — a nostalgic sprint through Prohibition-era Kansas City, with Eastwood as a cop and Reynolds as a private eye, who team up and clear the town of gangsters. Both stars lampoon themselves with accustomed ease and try hard to re-create the chemistry of Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy in Boom Town.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Kansas City in the early '30s: prohibition, mob rule and jumping jazz-joints. Taking on the might of competing gangs... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Broadsword

    BroadSword calling Danny Boy! What a quality film, Burton is terrific and Clint is well Clint and a 2nd rate punk at that. Great war film, makes having a cold seem pathetic with what Burton goes through.

      • A customer from Mars
      • Posted 10 Feb 2005 12:07

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  • Rated - 5 stars

    Excellent Warmovie

    Good story and excellent performance by actors. Very good setting

      • A customer from Forres Scotland
      • Posted 15 Jan 2005 18:08

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      Kansas City 1935. Prohibition rules and the mobs run the streets. Clint Eastwood is hard-nosed Lt. Speer, a cop with an unhealthy disrespect for Private Investigators who do things their own way. Burt Reynolds is Mike Murphy, a P.I. who does what he likes and doesn't mind letting Speer know it. ...