Stakeout Page #2

Synopsis: The film opens with a daring escape of a convict imprisoned for killing an FBI agent, then moves on to two Seattle detectives chasing a suspect who gets away, destroying a forklift in the process, these two detectives are reassigned to a stakeout, watching the girlfriend of the escaped federal prisoner. One falls in love with her, the escaped convict eventually catches up to her, with them actually, and in the midst of their getaway, the escaped convict learns that his woman's man is a cop, but the two detectives kill him, saving the day.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): John Badham
Production: Touchstone Pictures
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
R
Year:
1987
117 min
625 Views


So we're setting up|a half a dozen stake-outs.

Now, uh, we'll handle the important ones,|but, uh, since we're a little short on help...

uh, your men will take the others.

- Of course.|- Who we watching?

Oh, he has an old girlfriend here. He|hasn't seen her for a year and a half.

Her name is Maria McGuire.|Now, you'll be watching her house...

and the Second Precinct will take her|at the restaurant where she works.

Here are the keys to the apartment we rented|across the street from where she lives.

Now, we're gonna have|to move on this one quick.

I- I know it's short notice,|but this is real bad people we're after.

- Do we, uh, get a bug?|- Hopefully within 24 hours.

Uh, just one other thing.

If you spot Montgomery, report it.|Nothing more.

Remember,|this is an FBI operation.

Wait a second.|Wait a second.

Excuse me, Captain. There's something a little ripe here. Let me|- Let me ask you a question.

What you're asking is that|you'd like us to sit on our butts...

on some low-priority sh*t detail...

on the off chance that we're gonna run|across some "bad people. "

And then what are we supposed to do?|We're supposed to give you a jingle...

so that you can make the arrest|and get the keys to the city?

Excuse me, Captain. I'm sorry. I don't like|to sound negative, but this is bullshit.

I'm a cop.|You understand me?

I'm not a security guard.

I see some "bad people"...

I'm gonna be a little too busy|to, uh, make a phone call.

Hope the attitude|doesn't affect the performance.

- Would you like to see how this|attitude- - Are you through, Mr Lecce?

We'll call.

- What an a**hole.|- Definitely.

Hey! Hey! I don't want to hear|that kind of crap.

And I don't want to hear that|someone else heard it either, got it?

Now, this is a 24-hour surveillance.|Jack and Phil will take the day shift.

- Chris and Bill the nights. Same routine as last time.|- Aw,Jesus.

- Something bothering you, Mr Coldshank?|- No, no.

Don't bullshit me.|What's on your so-called mind?

Well, if it's all the same to you, sir, uh, I'd|just as soon not be on a stake-out with them again.

- Hear, hear, sir.|- Why?

- Why?|- Yeah. Why?

- Chris and Bill are slobs, sir. No, no. No, no, no.|- The worst. The worst.

The last stake-out that Jack and I were on with|them, they never once cleaned up after themselves.

- I mean, look at them. Smell them.|- Lick my left one, buddy.

- You left cigar butts all over the place.|- Oh, please.

- You guys never once changed the toilet paper. What, you don't wipe yourself?|- You are disgusting.

- You are filth.|- Hey, what about his dog?

- He let his dog piss all over the carpet.|- Hey, that's a goddam lie!

Come on, come on, come on, come on! Don't|blame it on the dog. Phil did all the pissing.

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Jim Kouf

Jim Kouf (born July 24, 1951) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He received the 1988 Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay for his work on Stakeout (1987). more…

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