Partners
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“Benson is a cop who wants to clean up the streets...his partner just wants to redecorate.”
After a series of murders in Los Angeles's gay community, heterosexual police officer Sgt. Benson is assigned to go undercover as half of a gay couple with Officer Kerwin, a Records Clerk
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Cast
28 people
Ryan O'Neal
Sgt. Benson
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John Hurt
Kerwin
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Chief Wilkins
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Monroe
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Douglas
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Futureworld
James Burrows Director · Francis Veber Writer Georges Delerue Composer
Worldwide gross $6.1M · Budget $6M · United States release April 30, 1982
Box office
Budget
$6,000,000
Worldwide gross
$6,100,000
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
Aaron Russo Productions
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 30, 1982
Theatrical
Germany
November 19, 1982 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 22, 1982 · Theatrical
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