The read
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
When a pint-sized 8-year-old kid witnesses a murder he offers to help the police, if they make him a cop, too. Saddled with this streetwise sidekick, a hardboiled cop is forced to take his new partner seriously as they race the clock to bring the bad guys to justice.
Ratings
IMDb4.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes14%
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do.
170 audience votes
Key crew
- Henry WinklerDirector
- Alan SilvestriOriginal Music Composer
- Arne OlsenWriter
Cast
- Burt ReynoldsNick McKenna
- Norman D. Golden IIDevon Butler
- Ruby DeeRachel
- Holland TaylorCaptain Rubio
- Ray SharkeyVinnie Fountain
- Sammy HernandezRaymond Sanchez
- Frank SiveroChu
- Rocky GiordaniQuintero
- Marc MacaulayWaldo
- Tom McCleisterRudy
- Max WinklerBoy in Bathroom
- Annabelle WeenickMrs. Boyle
Stills
Themes
policemurderdrugspolice shootout