Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.
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- Scott BrownlieSeptember 18, 2026Had a great laugh watching this.
- CryginaSeptember 11, 2026This movie is a wonderfully light watch. Maintains a good pace and interesting cinematography. May be Stowe's best performance.
- Dellvon C. FordNovember 24, 2024An absolutely joy to watch ....in a word "Mild"..not to much of anything in the film.....everything was just decent.....fight scenes...love scenes.....buddy cop jokes.....etc......Cinematography was small.scale but nice.....movie score was pleasant (like the majority of the 80's movies)....Acting seemed extremely natural.....It's a Sunday....soda and sandwich with nothing to do kinda movie....
- Aaron SladeAugust 5, 2025Not bad, nothing special either. Very late 80s straight to video quality. When it first came to VHS, I thought it was going to be more spicy for my 10 year old eyes, but nah - its so tame you could watch it with your religious mother in law. Put it on in the background while you game.
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Stakeout was released on August 5, 1987.
Stakeout was directed by John Badham.
Stakeout has a runtime of 1h 56m.
Stakeout was produced by John Badham, Jim Kouf, Cathleen Summers.
Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.
The key characters in Stakeout are Det. Chris Lecce (Richard Dreyfuss), Det. Bill Reimers (Emilio Estevez), Maria McGuire (Madeleine Stowe).
Stakeout is rated R.
Stakeout is a Comedy, Crime, Action film.
Stakeout has an audience rating of 5.6 out of 10.
Stakeout had a budget of $14.5M.
Stakeout has made $65.7M at the box office.