After his partner (Richard Roundtree) is killed, private eye Mike Murphy (Burt Reynolds) is drawn into a rivalry between two gangsters over a set of cooked books. Murphy reluctantly teams up with Lieutenant Speer (Clint Eastwood) to help him recover the books after Gangster 1 (Rip Torn) kidnaps Murphy's socialite girlfriend (Madeline Kahn).
Yeesh. I couldn't tell if this was supposed to be a hard-boiled noir, a comedy, or some unholy combination of the two but whatever it was, it didn't work. Eastwood feels like he's doing a parody of his Dirty Harry films and Reynolds seems like he's not even supposed to be in the same movie. Like they got two different scripts. Khan, Roundtree, and Irene Cara are completely wasted in this. Zero stars. Cannot recommend. Fortunately, it's not streaming anywhere except Apple+ for rent. Don't do it. Save your $3.99 for something worthwhile.
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