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Directed by | Michael Ritchie |
Produced by | Ronald L. Schwary Nancy Graham Tanen Ned Tanen |
Written by | Lindsay Maher |
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Music by | William Ross |
Cinematography | Gerry Fisher |
Edited by |
Stephen A. Rotter William S. Scharf |
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Channel Productions
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Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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Running time
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93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $11,391,093 |
Cops & Robbersons is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie, and starring Chevy Chase, Jack Palance, Dianne Wiest, and Robert Davi.
When police discover that a mob hitman has moved in next door to the Robbersons, they want to find out what he is up to. So they set up a stakeout in the Robbersons' home. Hard-nosed, tough-as-nails Jake Stone (Jack Palance) and his young partner Tony Moore (David Barry Gray) are assigned to the stakeout, but now it's a question of whether Jake can last long enough to capture the bad guys. The Robbersons want to help and by doing so, they drive Jake crazy.
Cops & Robbersons received generally negative reviews; it currently holds a 15% 'rotten' rating on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes.
The movie debuted poorly at the box office. The film grossed just $11,391,093 in the domestic box office from an unknown budget.