Richard Dreyfuss
Chris Lecce
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Box office. $65.7 million [1] Stakeout is a 1987 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by John Badham and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe and Aidan Quinn. The screenplay was written by Jim Kouf, who won a 1988 Edgar Award for his work. Although the story is set in Seattle, the film was shot in Vancouver.
- $14.5 million
- August 5, 1987
- Jim Kouf, Cathleen Summers
- Arthur B. Rubinstein
Aug 5, 1987 · Stakeout: Directed by John Badham. With Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn. Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.
- (28K)
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- John Badham
- 1987-08-05
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete. Richard Dreyfuss. ... Chris Lecce. Emilio Estevez. ... Bill Reimers. Madeleine Stowe.
The good idea is the film's basic premise: Two cops stake out a good-looking woman whose ex-boyfriend is a dangerous escaped convict. During the long, weary hours while they're watching her, one of the cops falls in love. He finds a way to move into her life, leaving his partner stuck across the street with the binoculars.
I saw this John Badham film at the movies when it came out in 1987 and I guess back then this was a treat for the 15 year old me, but today "Stakeout" is really an average buddy cop action comedy ...
- (278)
- John Badham
- R
- Richard Dreyfuss
Synopsis. Two cops are given the 'dirty' job of staking out the home of an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend. Chris and the beautiful girlfriend accidentally meet and fall in love. Just as Chris confesses, the convict appears, but will she betray him ?
- 116 min
"Stakeout" is a perfectly packaged film which has been expertly crafted to successfully achieve maximum results. It has been aimed directly at the commercial market and this would ordinarily mean a somewhat cynical and by-the-numbers motion picture experience with lots of money thrown at it to accommodate the noisy action sequences with very little attention being paid to the rest of it.
