Shamus ( Passion for Danger )

Shamus (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Passion for Danger
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1973 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Buzz Kulik

Written By:
Barry Beckerman

Actors:
Burt Reynolds ..... Shamus McCoy
Dyan Cannon ..... Alexis Montaigne
John P. Ryan ..... Hardcore
Joe Santos ..... Lieutenant Promuto
Giorgio Tozzi ..... Dottore
Ron Weyand ..... E.J. Hume
Larry Block ..... Springy
Beeson Carroll ..... Bolton
Kevin Conway ..... The Kid
Kay Frye ..... Bookstore Girl
John Glover ..... Johnnie
Merwin Goldsmith ..... Schnook
Melody Santangello ..... Alice
Irving Selbst ..... Heavy
Alex Wilson ..... Felix Montaigne

Synopsis:

This detective-themed action-adventure film spoofs The Big Sleep, which was based on the novel by Raymond Chandler. Burt Reynolds plays McCoy, a hard-nosed private detective. The story has more tangles than a bowl of spaghetti, but it begins when McCoy is called to the house of Hume (Ron Weyand), an eccentric diamond dealer, and is given the task of recovering some stolen gems. McCoy is beaten by a gang of thugs to warn him off the job, and this lets him know that he's onto something really big. By the end of the film, McCoy will have hooked up with a gorgeous blonde (Dyan Cannon), driven a tank through a warehouse wall, and delivered numerous crooks to the police.

New York private eye Shamus McCoy likes girls, drink and gambling, but by the look of his flat business can't be too hot. So an offer of $10,000 to finds some diamonds stolen in a daring raid with a flame-thrower is too good to miss. His investigations soon get pretty complicated and rather too dangerous. At least along the way he does get to meet Alexis.

New York private detective Shamus McCoy is called to the house of Hume (Ron Weyand), an eccentric diamond dealer, and is given the task of recovering some stolen diamonds. His investigation is thwarted at every turn and it is only when he is beaten by a gang of thugs to warn him off the job that he realizes that he's onto something really big. Using his friend Springy as well as Alexis Montaigne, the sister of a nightclub owner, McCoy digs for the truth about the robbery.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 15 August, 2008.

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