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Quick Info

Rating

6.7/10

Release1982

Runtime1h 36m

StatusReleased

Budget$12,000,000

Revenue$78,868,508

Production

Paramount Pictures

Lawrence Gordon Productions

Silver Pictures

Movie

48 Hrs.

1982

1h 36m

6.7

Crime

Action

Comedy

Synopsis

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

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