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Hot Stuff (1979 film)

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'Hot Stuff' is a 1979 American action crime comedy film starring Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed and Ossie Davis. DeLuise also directed the film (the only film where he did so), and the song "Hot Stuff" was written and performed by Reed.

The script was co-written by best-selling crime novelist Donald E. Westlake.[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=4640&atid=0 Hot Stuff (1979)]

Plot



Miami police detectives Ernie, Louise, Ramon, and Doug (played by DeLuise, Pleshette, Avalos, and Reed), frustrated at their inability to convict the criminals they arrest, decide to set up a sting as a fencing operation to trap criminals in a pawn shop, recording the illegal transactions on the (then) new technology of videotape.

With less than helpful support from their captain (Davis), the trio decides to re-sell some of their stolen items to stay in business. Trouble follows as they run afoul of the local mob boss. Doug sees his car destroyed by a bomb (and laments "I just had it washed"), he and the others have a shootout with gun runners at a waterfront condominium construction site, and they ultimately arrest the criminals 'en masse' at a party.

Main cast



* Dom DeLuise ... Ernie Fortunato

* Suzanne Pleshette ... Louise Webster

* Jerry Reed ... Doug von Horne

* Ossie Davis ... Captain John Geiberger

* Luis Avalos ... Ramon

* Pat McCormick ... Area Mob hitman (man with cigars)

* Marc Lawrence ... Carmine, Mob Boss

* Sydney Lassick ... Hymie

* Robert George ... Thief with golfclubs

References




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