When a police department's burglary task force is facing the possibility of being shut down because of their low conviction rate decides to try a new approach to apprehending their targets. They take over a pawn shop where thieves go to unload their merchandise. They record them as they bring stuff in and get them to tell them where they got it. Eventually they're threatened by the mob.
Acting
DeLuise and Jerry Reed's manic buddy chemistry carries the whole thing.
Practical Effects
Gloriously analog surveillance gags that age like funky cheese.
Director
Dom DeLuise
Dom DeLuise
Ernie Fortunato
Suzanne Pleshette
Louise Webster
Jerry Reed
Doug von Horne
Ossie Davis
Captain John Geiberger
Luis Ávalos
Ramon
Pat McCormick
Man with Cigars
Peter DeLuise
Peter Fortunato
Rod Ball
Thief
Marc Lawrence
Carmine
Richard Davalos
Charles
Alfie Wise
Nick
Bill McCutcheon
Paully Albadecker
Sydney Lassick
Hymie
Barney Martin
Kiley
Carol Arthur
Gloria Fortunato
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Dom DeLuise's only theatrical directing credit—he reportedly took the gig to prove he could handle action-comedy after years of being typecast as the sweaty sidekick.
The film vanished for decades due to rights issues, making it a genuine lost 70s curio until recent streaming rescues brought it back to cult attention.
US
