Product Details

• Actors: Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Jack Weston, Tom Skerritt, James McEachin
• Directors: Richard A. Colla
• Writers: Evan Hunter
• Producers: Charles H. Maguire, Edward S. Feldman, Jack Farren, Martin Ransohoff
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302718937
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,374 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Burt Reynolds plays detective Steve Carella in this 1972 adaptation of an Ed McBain novel, and Jack Weston does his cynical best as Carella's partner, Meyer Meyer. A reflection of its raucous era, Fuzz is as much influenced by the antiauthority high jinks of Robert Altman's M*A*S*H as it is by the unblinking violence of The Godfather or Bonnie and Clyde. The mixed result is a tough-minded crime drama-comedy with one extreme subplot (punks setting sleeping winos ablaze for kicks) and another, more fantastic one (a mad bomber called Deaf Man, played by Yul Brynner, is targeting politicians with his surprise packages). Raquel Welch is also on board as an undercover/under-the-covers policewoman, and Tom Skerritt is the beneficiary of her largesse. Fuzz suffered some brief notoriety when it was linked to some real-life torchings of innocent people. On a happier note, Fuzz affords a rare opportunity to see Reynolds in drag. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Early FUZZ feature -a Sleeper setting pace for TV cop shows!, October 17, 2000

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J.Robert (Wonderful West Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fuzz [VHS] (VHS Tape)

FUZZ is a forgotten classic.Reynolds is just one of the stars, not the only one in this fun movie. Sets the pace for the early TV cop shows to come. Welch is beautiful and all the cast are wonderful.Edited for TV, the original feature movie had Detectives Skerrit and Welch in a sleeping bag scene in a park as man and wife, as they wait for a crook to show up. She says,"wow, is that your gun?" Another scene when a telephone man is putting in a tap for a black detective and says to him."Yeah, you are a pretty good Ni....,unlike so many others I have known." That is a shocker , especially at the time of the release..the black detective follows the phone man off camera and and you hear a smack, and knockout blow.And Brynner as the main thug boss and Detective chief Jack Weston are both suprises. Fast moving with lots of things going on and one of my all time favorites that was originally slammed when originally released. If you haven't seen it, you are in for a treat!(--and be sure to keep your eye on the painters!)

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must see for fans of the "87th Precinct"., August 25, 1999

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Jay Markle - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fuzz [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Ed McBain's long running series of mystery novels (from 1957 to this year!) about the quirky cops of an inner city precinct comes to glorious life in this movie.Quite funny in places, with suprising spurts of violence, a very well done movie!Note: When this movie aired on ABC back in the 70's, it recieved a lot of flack for inspiring a real-life violent incident in Boston, causing more nattering about the "violence on TV".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Silly butt sexy, September 28, 2009

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PINKY (Santa Maria) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fuzz (DVD)

One could laugh and pass this film up after one view however Raquel Welch makes the difference by appearing. Sexy lady!!!