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Critic William Thomas
rated 6

Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez really sparkle in what might otherwise have been a routine comedy thriller as cops assigned to surveillance on a killer’s girlfriend, with whom Dreyfuss becomes calamitously smitten.

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Cast & Crew

John Badham
Director
Forest Whitaker
As Det. Jack Pismo
Richard Dreyfuss
As Det. Chris Lecce
J.J. Makaro
As B.C.
Aidan Quinn
As Richard "Stick" Montgomery

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Stakeout is a 1987 action-comedy-romance film about two detectives, Chris Lecce (Richard Dreyfuss) and Bill Reimers (Emilio Estevez), tasked with staking out the home of a beautiful woman, Maria McGuire (Madeleine Stowe), who is the ex-girlfriend of a dangerous escaped convict, Richard "Stick" Montgomery (Aidan Quinn). As the surveillance turns into a long-term assignment, Chris and Maria develop a romantic relationship, compromising the mission and putting their lives at risk. The film culminates in a shootout at a paper mill, where Chris and Montgomery have a final confrontation, and Maria and Chris start a new life together.

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