Stakeout
It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it!
1987 | 116m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | John Badham |
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| Writer: | Jim Kouf |
| Staring: |
| Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 05, 1987 |
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| Director: | John Badham |
| Writer: | Jim Kouf |
| Genres: | Comedy, Action, Romance |
| Keywords | prison, killing, shower, seattle, washington, police, prison escape, murder, police chase, killer, police detective, stakeout, police stakeout, buddy cop, prisoner on the run, voyeurism, logging, amused |
| Production Companies | Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners II |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $65,673,233
Budget: $14,500,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Richard Dreyfuss | Det. Chris Lecce |
| Emilio Estevez | Det. Bill Reimers |
| Madeleine Stowe | Maria McGuire |
| Aidan Quinn | Richard "Stick" Montgomery |
| Dan Lauria | Det. Phil Coldshank |
| Forest Whitaker | Det. Jack Pismo |
| Earl Billings | Capt. Giles |
| Jackson Davies | FBI Agent Lusk |
| Ian Tracey | Caylor Reese |
| Denalda Williams | Farol Bernie |
| J.J. Makaro | B.C. |
| Scott Andersen | Reynaldo McGuire |
| Tony Pantages | Tony Harmon |
| Beatrice Boepple | Carol Reimers |
| Jan Speck | Kelly McDonald |
| Kim Kondrashoff | Billy Steeks |
| Gary Hetherington | Prison Doctor |
| Don MacKay | Prison Officer |
| Don S. Davis | Prison Gate Guard |
| David Brass | |
| Elizabeth Bracco | |
| Blu Mankuma | |
| Lossen Chambers | |
| Lloyd Berry |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Badham | Director |
| Jim Kouf | Screenplay |
| David Jacox | Stunts |
| Ken Kirzinger | Stunts |
| John Wardlow | Stunts |
| Penelope Gottlieb | Title Designer |
| Michael Ripps | Editor |
| Rose Marie McSherry | Set Decoration |
| John Clothier | Steadicam Operator |
| Glen Forrieter | Best Boy Grip |
| John 'Sandy' McCallum | First Assistant Camera |
| Peter Dashkewytch | Second Assistant Director |
| Tom Beckert | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Milton C. Burrow | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Larry Sutton | Sound Mixer |
| Chester Slomka | Sound Editor |
| Mike Vézina | Special Effects |
| Rory Cutler | Special Effects |
| Bill Ferguson | Stunts |
| Richard Hudolin | Art Direction |
| Philip Harrison | Production Design |
| Sandy Cooper | Makeup Artist |
| Cyrus Block | Camera Operator |
| Douglas R. Field | First Assistant Camera |
| Douglas Pruss | Second Assistant Camera |
| Gregg Champion | Second Unit Director |
| Tom E. Dahl | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Scott Burrow | Sound Editor |
| Richard Oswald | Sound Editor |
| Dean Lockwood | Special Effects |
| Lars Lenander | Special Effects |
| Dawn Stofer-Rupp | Stunts |
| Tom Rolf | Editor |
| Bob Akester | Still Photographer |
| Theo Eglseder | First Assistant Camera |
| Dave Gordon | Key Grip |
| Peter McLennan | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Sherry Linder-Gygli | Hairstylist |
| Richard Cowan | Third Assistant Director |
| Wayne Artman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Neil Burrow | Sound Editor |
| William L. Manger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| John Thomas | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Corbin Fox | Special Effects |
| Jim Dunn | Stunts |
| Peter Gray | Stunts |
| Dick Hancock | Stunts |
| Michael Steve Jones | Stunts |
| Rick Seaman | Stunts |
| Betty Thomas Quee | Stunts |
| John Scott | Stunts |
| Bill Stewart | Stunts |
| Keith Wardlow | Stunts |
| Les Erskine | Gaffer |
| Arthur B. Rubinstein | Original Music Composer |
| John Seale | Director of Photography |
| Mary E. Vogt | Costume Design |
| Conrad E. Palmisano | Stunt Coordinator |
| Rob Cowan | First Assistant Director |
| Tom Glass | Stunts |
| Alex Green | Stunts |
| George Josef | Stunts |
| Jennifer Koenig | Stunts |
| Jacob Rupp | Stunt Coordinator |
| Brent Woolsey | Stunts |
| James Head | Second Assistant Camera |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| John Badham | Producer |
| Cathleen Summers | Producer |
| Jim Kouf | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 21 | 51 | 12 |
| 2024 | 5 | 22 | 49 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 20 | 34 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 21 | 32 | 12 |
| 2024 | 8 | 20 | 35 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 10 |
| 2024 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 10 |
| 2024 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 8 |
| 2024 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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"Stakeout" is a perfectly packaged film which has been expertly crafted to successfully achieve maximum results. It has been aimed directly at the commercial market and this would ordinarily mean a somewhat cynical and by-the-numbers motion picture experience with lots of money thrown at it to accom ... modate the noisy action sequences with very little attention being paid to the rest of it. Of course a good deal of that also applies here, although with the significant difference being a lot more attention has been paid to making this entertaining above all else. What all this amounts to on this occasion is a very engaging and well paced film with considerably more depth of character and story than you would expect and it has a fair share of humorous and perilous surprises thrown into the mix for good measure.