Busting

Name: Busting
Director: Peter Hyams
Released: 1974-02-27

1974 film by Peter Hyams

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Released: February 27, 1974
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, April 13, 1974
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, April 30, 1974
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Director: Peter Hyams
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Screenwriter: Peter Hyams
Producer: Robert Chartoff
, Irwin Winkler
Cast: Elliott Gould
, Robert Blake
, Allen Garfield
, Antonio Fargas
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Runtime: 92 min
Genre: crime film
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, action comedy film
, buddy film
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Country of origin: United States

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Busting is a 1974 American buddy cop film, directed by Peter Hyams in his theatrical directorial debut, starring Elliott Gould and Robert Blake as police detectives of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The film was the main inspiration for the cop series Starsky & Hutch, which premiered in 1975 and, like this film, also featured Antonio Fargas.

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Title: Busting
Color: color
Narrative location: Los Angeles
CNC film rating (France): no minors under twelve
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Film editor: James Mitchell
Director of photography: Earl Rath
Australian Classification: R 18+(since 1974) rating certificate id: 001074235635 · distribution format: 35 mm film
MPA film rating: R rating certificate id: 23717
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1.Stated in IMDbimdb.com/title/tt0071259/parentalguideRetrieved 2024-04-07
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