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Shamus (1973)

Director:
Buzz Kulik
COUNTRY
USA
GENRE
Action/Crime
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Shamus - McCoys tøffeste jobb
RUNNING TIME
99 minutes
Producer:
Robert M. Weitman
Screenwriter:
Barry Beckerman


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING
Shamus McCoy Burt Reynolds
Alexis Montaigne Dyan Cannon ½
Hardcore John Ryan
Lieutenant Promuto Joe Santos

 

Review

There are a few times during this half-baked crime-comedy-transvestite when Burt Reynolds is improvising and letting loose, whereupon both his co-star Dyan Cannon and the film itself is vitalized, almost to the point of relevance. Except for these moments, however, Shamus is a steady showing of 1970s mediocrity, complete with overemphasized and unimpressive chases, sleazy conspirators and conspiring sleazeballs. Luckily (and somewhat weirdly), many such movies had Burt in them, and that usually made them at least watchable.

Copyright © 27.03.2016 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

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