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Bookmark this pageHot Stuff (1979)
Director: Dom DeLuise
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From Time Out Film Guide
The raucuous comedy of Hot Stuff is even broader than its sizeable director/star. The plot, co-scripted by Donald Westlake, concerns four Miami cops who pose as fences in order to entrap a ridiculously bizarre gaggle of thieves (not as bizarre, though, as the perfect social mix back at the cop shop, which includes a black chief, a volatile Cuban, and Pleshette as the perfectly groomed policewoman who always has a fresh magnolia in her hair). But despite the right wing premise (the story is based on areal police entrapment operation) and tedious funny-chases, nice characterisations and witty dialogue make it almost winning.Author: CR
Cast & crew
Director: Dom DeLuise
Producer: Mort Engelberg
Cast: Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed, Ossie Davis, Luis Avalos, Marc Lawrence, Dick Davalos full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 91 mins
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