Running Scared (1986)

Theatrical - Wide 1986-06-27

Cast Gregory Hines Billy Crystal Steven Bauer Darlanne Fluegel Joe Pantoliano
Directed by Peter Hyams
Written by Gary DeVore Jimmy Huston

Box Office Gross: $38,500,726

Running Time: 107 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: The Turman-Foster Company, David Foster Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genres: Action Comedy Crime Thriller

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Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.

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