McGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S. military policemen on duty in war-time Saigon. However, their job becomes even ... Read allMcGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S. military policemen on duty in war-time Saigon. However, their job becomes even harder when they start investigating the serial killings of local prostitutes. Their prime... Read allMcGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S. military policemen on duty in war-time Saigon. However, their job becomes even harder when they start investigating the serial killings of local prostitutes. Their prime suspect is high ranking U.S. Army officer which brings their lives in danger.
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- 1 nomination
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- TriviaDirector and co-writer Christopher Crowe helped toss out dummies in the sequence with Scott Glenn in the helicopter. Crowe was supposed to have a safety cord attached to the helicopter to prevent him from falling out, but found out after the sequence was shot that said cord was never attached to the helicopter.
- GoofsIn an early scene McGriff and Perkins are driving through what is supposed to be the bar district in Saigon, but the names of two famous bars from Patpong, Bangkok, Thailand are clearly visible, "Pussy Galore" and "King's Castle".
- Quotes
[a standoff between U.S. Military Police and South Vietnamese Police]
Lime Green: I am afraid you are outgunned today.
Dix: You still don't get it, do you? We're never outgunned!
[a helicopter appears]
- Alternate versionsAlthough the cinema version was intact the UK video was cut by 22 secs to edit shots of a man caressing a woman's breasts with a riding crop as she is tied to a bed. The cuts were waived for the 2007 DVD.
- SoundtracksPretty Ballerina
Written by Michael Brown
Performed by The Left Banke
Courtesy of PolyGram Special Projects
A division of PolyGram Records Inc.
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,242,035
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,796,111
- Mar 13, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $7,242,035
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1