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Busting

Busting is a 1974 American buddy cop film, directed by Peter Hyams in his theatrical directorial debut, starring Elliott Gould and Robert Blake as police detectives of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The film was the main inspiration for the cop series Starsky & Hutch, which premiered in 1975 and, like this film, also featured Antonio Fargas.

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Cinematography
Earl Rath
Country
United States
Directed by
Peter Hyams
Distributed by
United Artists
Edited by
James Mitchell
Language
English

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Busting

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples38
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
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Busting

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related to Reception · 21
Busting → Arthur, Blake, Chicago Tribune, Gene Siskel, Gould, Here, Hyams, In, It, It's, Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Mr, Murphy, Police Department, The, The New York Times, Thomas, Variety
Release dates · 2
Busting → February 27, 1974 (1974-02-27) (New York City), February 6, 1974 (1974-02-06) (Los Angeles)
related to External links · 2
Busting → IMDbBusting, Rotten Tomatoes
Cinematography · 1
Busting → Earl Rath
Country · 1
Busting → United States
Directed by · 1
Busting → Peter Hyams
Distributed by · 1
Busting → United Artists
Edited by · 1
Busting → James Mitchell
Language · 1
Busting → English
Music by · 1
Busting → Billy Goldenberg

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film hyams police blake detectives rizzo gould robert keneely department cop crime boss elliott los angeles evidence farrell gay directed

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BustingCinematographyEarl Rath1.00infobox
BustingCountryUnited States1.00infobox
BustingDirected byPeter Hyams1.00infobox
BustingDistributed byUnited Artists1.00infobox
BustingEdited byJames Mitchell1.00infobox
BustingLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
BustingMusic byBilly Goldenberg1.00infobox
BustingProduced byRobert Chartoff Irwin Winkler1.00infobox
BustingProduction companyChartoff-Winkler Productions1.00infobox
BustingRelease datesFebruary 6, 1974 (1974-02-06) (Los Angeles)1.00infobox
BustingRelease datesFebruary 27, 1974 (1974-02-27) (New York City)1.00infobox
BustingRunning time91 minutes1.00infobox
BustingStarringElliott Gould Robert Blake Allen Garfield Antonio Fargas Sid Haig Michael Lerner1.00infobox
BustingWritten byPeter Hyams1.00infobox
Bustingis a1974 American buddy cop film0.90text

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