Stakeout
“It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it!”
Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.
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2 films
Cast
24 people
Richard Dreyfuss
Det. Chris Lecce
Known for
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jaws
Emilio Estevez
Det. Bill Reimers
Known for
The Breakfast Club
Young Guns
Madeleine Stowe
Maria McGuire
Known for
Twelve Monkeys
IT: Welcome to Derry
Aidan Quinn
Richard "Stick" Montgomery
Known for
Elementary
Unknown
Dan Lauria
Det. Phil Coldshank
Known for
The Wonder Years
Big Momma's House 2
Forest Whitaker
Det. Jack Pismo
Known for
Arrival
Taken 3
Earl Billings
Capt. Giles
Known for
American Splendor
One False Move
Jackson Davies
FBI Agent Lusk
Known for
Bird on a Wire
Freddy Got Fingered
Ian Tracey
Caylor Reese
Known for
Continuum
Project Blue Book
Denalda Williams
Farol Bernie
Known for
Woman of the Hour
Heartbreakers
J.J. Makaro
B.C.
Known for
Timecop
Maximum Conviction
Scott Andersen
Reynaldo McGuire
Also in
Bell Diamond
The Journey of Natty Gann
John Badham Director · Jim Kouf Screenplay Arthur B. Rubinstein Composer
Worldwide gross $66M · Budget $14M · United States release August 5, 1987
Box office
Budget
$14,500,000
Worldwide gross
$65,673,233
Gross vs. budget
4.5×
Production
Silver Screen Partners II
Production
Touchstone Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 5, 1987
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1988 · Theatrical
January 10, 2006 · Physical · Buena Vista
Germany
January 21, 1988 · Theatrical
Greece
December 10, 1987 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 26, 1988 · Theatrical
Italy
February 4, 1988 · Theatrical
Japan
April 23, 1988 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 5, 1988 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 26, 1988 · Theatrical
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