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6.2A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ivan Danko
- Jim Belushi as Art Ridzik
- Peter Boyle as Lou Donnelly
- Ed O'Ross as Viktor Rostavili
- Laurence Fishburne as Lt. Stobbs
- Gina Gershon as Cat Manzetti
Themes
- drug dealer
- martial arts
- police brutality
- showdown
- street gang
- police
- cold war
- soviet union
- investigation
- revenge
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Walter Hill
- Screenplay by
- Walter Hill Harry Kleiner Troy Kennedy Martin
- Story by
- Walter Hill
- Produced by
- Walter Hill Gordon Carroll , Mario Kassar
- Starring
- Arnold Schwarzenegger Jim Belushi Peter Boyle Ed O'Ross
- Cinematography
- Matthew F. Leonetti
- Edited by
- Donn Aron Carmel Davies Freeman A. Davies
- Music by
- James Horner
- Production company
- Carolco Pictures
- Distributed by
- Tri-Star Pictures
- Release dates
- June 17, 1988 ( 1988-06-17 ) (Los Angeles & New York)
- Running time
- 103 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English, Russian
- Box office
- $34.9 million (US)
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 952405
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- publication date
- 1988-10-06
- title
- Red Heat
- box office
- 34994648
- capital cost
- 29000000
- review score
- 61/100
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Red Heat is a 1988 American buddy cop action comedy thriller film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Walter Hill and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Soviet policeman Ivan Danko, and Jim Belushi as Chicago police detective Art Ridzik. The film centers on the duo who, finding themselves on the same case, work as partners to catch a cunning and deadly Georgian drug kingpin, Viktor Rostavili (Ed O'Ross), who killed Danko's previous partner. Most of the scenes set in the Soviet Union were actually shot in Hungary. Schwarzenegger was paid $8 million for his role in the film. The film is dedicated to the memory of Bennie Dobbins, who died while filming in Austria.
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