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| Rent-a-Cop | |
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 Theatrical release poster by Tom Jung. Tagline: "There's a killer on the loose and the lady is the target" | |
| Directed by | Jerry London |
| Written by | Michael Blodgett Dennis Shryack |
| Produced by | Raymond Wagner John D. Schofield |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Rotunno |
| Edited by | Robert Lawrence |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Kings Road Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 96 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $16 million[1] |
| Box office | $295,000[2] |
Rent-a-Cop is a 1987 American thriller comedy starring Burt Reynolds and Liza Minnelli. Reynolds plays a disgraced police officer, now working as a security guard, who falls in love with Minnelli, who plays a prostitute.
The film saw both lead actors to be nominated for the 1988 Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Actor and Worst Actress. (These nominations were not solely on the merits of Rent-a-Cop, however; Reynolds and Minnelli were also cited for Switching Channels and Arthur 2: On the Rocks, respectively). Minnelli ended up "winning" the Worst Actress prize.
The film earned under $300,000 in American ticket sales. Initially released on 26 November 1987 in West Germany, its American premiere came two months later on 15 January 1988. Although set in Chicago, the movie was mostly filmed in Italy.
- ^ "The Unstoppables". Spy. November 1988. p. 92.
- ^ "Rent-a-Cop".