Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.
Clint Eastwood
as Lieutenant Speer
Burt Reynolds
as Mike Murphy
Jane Alexander
as Addy
Madeline Kahn
as Caroline Howley
Rip Torn
as Primo Pitt
Irene Cara
as Ginny Lee
Richard Roundtree
as Dehl Swift
Tony Lo Bianco
as Leon Coll
William Sanderson
as Lonnie Ash
Nicholas Worth
as Troy Roker
John Chard
Shocking what Prohibition causes some people to drink these days. The weight of expectation for City Heat was massive, two iconic Hollywood actors together in a buddy buddy cop movie, one with nods and homages to film noir and old school gangster movies, it wasn't unreasonable to expect a movie t...
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Clint Eastwood carries it, but <em>'City Heat'</em> as a whole is just about good. Burt Reynolds makes for a solid partner for Eastwood, though his character isn't as strong as the latter's - who is played by the film's standout, no doubt. There's not any star performers behind those two, though ...