Detective School Dropouts
Detective School Dropouts | |
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Directed by | Filippo Ottoni |
Written by | David Landsberg Lorin Dreyfuss |
Produced by | Yoram Globus Menahem Golan |
Starring | David Landsberg Lorin Dreyfuss Valeria Golino |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States/Italy |
Language | English |
Box office | $22,123[1] |
Detective School Dropouts is a 1986 action-comedy co-starring and written by David Landsberg and Lorin Dreyfuss for The Cannon Group.
Plot
Two bumbling private detectives get themselves hired to find a missing person. They quickly find themselves in the middle of a mob war that takes place between New York City and Rome, when it turns out that the missing person is somebody the mob wants to stay missing.
Cast
- David Landsberg as Donald Wilson
- Lorin Dreyfuss as Paul Miller
- Christian De Sica as Carlo Lombardi
- George Eastman as Bruno Falcone
- Valeria Golino as Caterina Zanetti
- Mario Brega as Don Lombardi
- Rik Battaglia as Don Zanetti
- Alberto Farnese as Don Falcone
- Ennio Antonelli as Riccardino
- Giancarlo Prete as Mario Zanetti
Overview
The film was not successful at the box office, but subsequently gained cult film status. It is noted for its low-budget production values, cheesy '80's synth soundtrack, and being the only film released from the Cannon Group to have lost money at the box office. However, it is also representative of '80 culture at the time when slapstick briefly resurfaced in popularity with American audiences.[citation needed]
"Detective School Drop Outs" was released on DVD from MGM in October 2011.[citation needed]
References
External links
- 1986 films
- 1980s action films
- 1980s comedy films
- American action comedy films
- American films
- English-language films
- Italian films
- Golan-Globus films
- Films set in New York City
- Films set in Italy
- Films set in Rome
- Films set in Pisa
- Films set in Venice
- Films shot in New York City
- Films shot in Italy
- Films shot in Rome
- Films shot in Venice
- 1980s comedy film stubs