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.
Direction
Henry Winkler's only theatrical feature. The Fonz directed this. Let that sink in.
Writing
Devon's 'tough kid' dialogue written by adults who've never met children.
Director
Henry Winkler
Burt Reynolds
Nick McKenna
Norman D. Golden II
Devon Butler
Ruby Dee
Rachel
Holland Taylor
Captain Rubio
Ray Sharkey
Vinnie Fountain
Frank Sivero
Chu
Rocky Giordani
Quintero
Marc Macaulay
Waldo
Tom McCleister
Rudy
Max Winkler
Boy in Bathroom
Annabelle Weenick
Mrs. Boyle
Ossie Davis
Detective in Squad Room
Nils Allen Stewart
Bobo #3 Thug
Ralph Wilcox
McPhail
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Burt Reynolds's attempt at family-friendly redemption after his messy divorce from Loni Anderson. It did not work.
The film bombed so hard ($40M budget, $40M domestic) that it killed the 'kid cop' subgenre before it started. You're welcome, 'Kindergarten Cop'.
US
