by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Neither the idiotic title Detective School Dropouts nor the film's alternate cognomen Dumb Dicks are worthy of this easy-to-take crime comedy. David Landsberg stars as a likeable schlemiel who is addicted to detective stories. He links up with down-and-out gumshoe Lorin Dreyfuss (brother of Richard--and also, with David Landsberg, the co-writer of this film), hoping that some of Dreyfuss' so-called expertise will rub off on him. This far-from-dynamic duo soon find themselves embroiled in an Italian family feud, a kidnapping, and a murder charge. One of the few Golan/Globus films to lose money, Detective School Dropouts has happily found an enthusiastic audience thanks to multiple cable-TV showings.
characteristics
- Detective
- Private-detective
- Investigation
- Partner
- Deduction [reasoning]
- Deductive-reasoning
- Amateur Sleuths
- Colleague
- Bumbler
- Bumbling
- On-the-run
- Yakuza
- Mob
- Gang
- Abduction
