ANOTHER STAKEOUT (1993)

MORGAN'S RATING

Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez are back as the hilarious hard-charging Seattle detectives -- this time forced to go undercover with an inexperienced Assistant D.A. With Dreyfuss and O'Donnell posing as husband and wife, and Estevez charading as their grown son, chaos and calamity prevail as they spy on neighbours suspected of hiding an escaped Mafia witness on the run from the Feds and a mob hit man! This crowd-pleasing favourite delivers edge-of-your-seat excitement and nonstop laughs -- you'll love it.

Richard Dreyfuss (Chris Leece), Emilio Estevez (Bill Reimers), Rosie O'Donnell (Assistant D.A. Gina Garrett), Dennis Farina (Brian O'Hara), Marcia Strassman (Pam O' Hara), Cathy Moriarty (Luelle Delano), John Rubinstein (Thomas Hassrick), Miguel Ferrer (Tony Castellano), Sharon Maughan (Barbara Burnside), Christopher Doyle (McNamara), Sharon Schaffer( Tilghman), Rick Seaman, Jan Speck (Van Agents), Gene Ellison-Jones (Vegas Police Captain), Frank DeAngelo, J.R. West (Vegas Investigators), Frank C. Turner (Unlucky), Steven Lambert (Killer), Dan Lauria (Captain Coldshank), Denalda Williams (Desk Sergeant), Larry B. Scott (Garage Attendant), Christi Brasher (Tony's Blonde Date), Sammy Jackson (Gaetano), Blu Mankuma, Thomas Mitchell (Seattle Detectives), Scott Andersen (Reynaldo), Michael Delano (Michael), Madeleine Stowe (Maria, uncredited).

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: July 23rd, 1993 (USA) DVD RELEASE DATE: August 13th, 2002 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $5.4 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $20.2 million (USA) - Richard Dreyfuss, as Chris, while standing in front of a line of drying panties, repeats the line "And I don't like the panties hanging on the rod" that he said in his Oscar-winning role of Elliott in The Goodbye Girl (1977).

DIRECTOR: John Badham (Stakeout). WRITER: Jim Kouf. PRODUCERS: Lynn Bigelow, Jim Kouf and Cathleen Summers. ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Justis Greene and Kristine J. Schwarz. CO-PRODUCER: D.J. Caruso. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: John Badham. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Arthur B. Rubinstein. DISTRIBUTOR: Touchstone Pictures.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"Riotously funny!" -- ABC Radio Network

QUOTES

"Thumbs up!" -- Roger Ebert, Siskel & Ebert

[Chris and Bill have had enough of Gina] Chris: Here is my badge, here is my gun, and here is me, *leaving*!

"Fast action and big, big laughs!" -- ABC-TV

"While Another Stakeout must have looked good on paper, the film seems like a hurried proposition that could have used another screenplay draft." -- Chris Hicks, Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Gina: I'll miss you guys, a little. I am going to sue for custody, though. Chris: [pointing to Bill] Of him? Take him, he irritates the hell out of me.

"Disappointing sequel still isn't unwatchable." -- Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

Chris: I usually wait about three days before introducing myself to the people I'm staking out!

"Blaise follow up to an amusing first film. Rosie O'Donnell, every square inch as annoying as you'd expect." -- Brian Mckay, Efilmcritic.com

Bill: [on seeing their suspect] I think we should arrest him for what he's wearing!

Bill: I've had this moustache for three years. How long have you had yours? Gina: [raising her hand to cover her top lip] Oh!

Coldshank: Your cover is you're renting the judge's house for a month of vacation. Chris: As what?...friends or lovers?