Movie
City Heat
When a hotshot cop and a wise-guy detective get together... the heat is on!
Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.
More about City Heat
Cast
Clint EastwoodLieutenant Speer
Burt ReynoldsMike Murphy
Jane AlexanderAddy
Madeline KahnCaroline Howley
Rip TornPrimo Pitt
Irene CaraGinny Lee
Richard RoundtreeDehl Swift
Tony Lo BiancoLeon CollCredits
- Directed by
- Richard Benjamin
- Written by
- Blake Edwards, Joseph Stinson
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $25M
- Box office
- $38.3M
Production
- Deliverance Productions
Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States
Malpaso ProductionsUnited States
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