Hot Stuff is a 1979 American action crime comedy film[1][2] starring Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed and Ossie Davis. DeLuise also directed the film (the only film where he did so), and the song "Hot Stuff" was written and performed by Reed.
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Directed by | Dom DeLuise |
Written by | Michael Kane Donald E. Westlake |
Produced by | Mort Engelberg |
Starring | Dom DeLuise Suzanne Pleshette Jerry Reed |
Cinematography | James Pergola |
Edited by | Neil Travis |
Music by | Patrick Williams |
Production company | Rastar |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The script was co-written by best-selling crime novelist Donald E. Westlake.[3]
Miami police detectives Ernie, Louise, Ramon, and Doug (played by DeLuise, Pleshette, Avalos, and Reed), frustrated at their inability to convict the criminals they arrest, decide to set up a sting as a fencing operation to trap criminals in a pawn shop, recording the illegal transactions on the (then) new technology of videotape.
With less than helpful support from their captain (Davis), the trio decides to re-sell some of their stolen items to stay in business. Trouble follows as they run afoul of the local mob boss. Doug sees his car destroyed by a bomb (and laments "I just had it washed"), he and the others have a shootout with gun runners at a waterfront condominium construction site, and they ultimately arrest the criminals en masse at a party.
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