Product Details

• Actors: Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn, Rip Torn
• Directors: Richard Benjamin
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000JPY37C
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #510,877 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

In Kansas City 1933, wisecracking detective Murphy (Burt Reynolds) tracks the killer of his partner. Police Lt. Speer (Clint Eastwood) doesn't have much tolerance for the local mob war's body count. Neither guy likes each other, so that makes them a dream team. And it provides the ideal scenario as they clean up the town with slugfests and shoot-'em-ups that parody Reynolds' and Eastwood's macho screen images. Director Richard Benjamin gets the '30s stylishly right and the supporting cast - Jane Alexander, Irene Cara, Rip Torn, Richard Roundtree, Tony Lo Bianco and Madeline Kahn - makes the antics sparkle. Hard-boiled and hilarious, City Heat is your red-hot ticket to starry entertainment.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lightweight Fun With Clint and Burt, July 2, 2005

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Scott T. Rivers (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: City Heat (DVD)

"City Heat" (1984) is a nostalgic throwback to those Spencer Tracy-Clark Gable vehicles of the late 1930s. It's lightweight stuff, but Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds make a good team in this Prohibition-era caper. The star chemistry compensates for a weak script and troubled production history (Clint selected director Richard Benjamin after a falling out with original collaborator Blake Edwards - alias Sam O. Brown in the final credits). Though a disappointment with critics and audiences, Clint and Burt have done much worse.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Completely underrated movie, December 10, 2008

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M. D. Wallace "Car Fanatic" (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: City Heat (DVD)

I'm not sure what people expected of this movie, but if you forget about who the actors are in this movie and just watch it for fun, it's a hoot! Sure, the plot's a little thin, but it's a comedy, who cares. Enjoy, it's fun and funny.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great film, July 10, 2007

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R. Legendre (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: City Heat (DVD)

I love movies set in this era. I love the clothes, the cars, the music; it was just a simpler time in America's history.

Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood play off of each other so well and the one-liners are hilarious. Great plot, great comedy, and great fun.

Reynolds when Eastwood walks unannounced into the office: "I didn't hear you knock."

Eastwood: "What a relief. I thought I was going deaf."

These two constantly banter like this throughout the whole fim and it's always funny.

Give this fun flick a try.