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6.7
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william287
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
Don S. Davis
As Prison Gate Guard
Dan Lauria
As Det. Phil Coldshank

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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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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Stakeout include Bird on a Wire, Vibes, Mo' Money, The Marrying Man, Hero (1992), Romancing the Stone.

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Stakeout was released in theaters on August 5, 1987.