Detective School Dropouts (1986)
Directed by Filippo Ottoni
Genres - Comedy, Mystery, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Parody/Spoof |
Release Date - Aug 8, 1986 (USA) |
Run Time - 90 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
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.
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detective, private-detective, investigation, deduction [reasoning], partner, bumbler, gangster, investigator, kidnapping, on-the-run
