Loose Cannons

Feb 9, 1990

1h 34m

★ 4.9

Detective Mack Stern is facing the greatest challenge of his career... His new partner.

Overview

Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The new partner is Ellis, an amazing detective, one who puts Sherlock Holmes to shame with his lightning-fast deductions. But he keeps assuming the personalities of entire casts of Television shows. This can be a problem when people begin shooting at them.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Action

Thriller

Production Companies

TriStar Pictures

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Cast

MacArthur Stern

Gene Hackman

Ellis Fielding

Dan Aykroyd

Harry 'The Hippo' Gutterman

Dom DeLuise

Smiley

Ronny Cox

Riva

Nancy Travis

Von Metz

Robert Prosky

Grimmer

Paul Koslo

Captain

Dick O'Neill

Steckler

Jan Tříska

Weskit

Leon Rippy

Monseigneur

Robert Irvin Elliott

Cheshire Cat

Herb Armstrong

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