Hot Stuff (1979 film)

Hot Stuff
Directed by	Dom DeLuise
Produced by	Mort Engelberg
Written by	Michael Kane Donald E. Westlake
Starring	Dom DeLuise Suzanne Pleshette Jerry Reed
Music by	Patrick Williams
Cinematography	James Pergola
Edited by	Neil Travis
Production company	Rastar
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	August 10, 1979 (1979-08-10)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Hot Stuff is a 1979 comedy film that starred Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed and Ossie Davis. DeLuise also directed the movie, and the song "Hot Stuff" was written and performed by Reed.

The script was co-written by best-selling crime novelist Donald E. Westlake.

Plot

Miami police detectives Ernie, Louise and Doug (played by DeLuise, Pleshette and Reed), frustrated at their inability to convict the criminals they arrest, decide to set up a sting as a fencing operation to trap criminals in a pawn shop, recording the illegal transactions on the (then) new technology of videotape.

With less than helpful support from their captain (Davis), the trio decides to re-sell some of their stolen items to stay in business. Trouble follows as they run afoul of the local mob boss. Doug sees his car destroyed by a bomb (and laments "I just had it washed"), he and the others have a shootout with gun runners at a waterfront condominium construction site, and they ultimately arrest the criminals en masse at a party.

Main cast

• Dom DeLuise ... Ernie Fortunato
• Suzanne Pleshette ... Louise Webster
• Jerry Reed ... Doug von Horne
• Ossie Davis ... Captain John Geiberger
• Luis Avalos ... Ramon
• Pat McCormick ... Area Mob hitman (man with cigars)
• Marc Lawrence ... Carmine, Mob Boss
• Sydney Lassick ... Hymie
• Robert George ... Thief with golfclubs

External links

• Hot Stuff at IMDb
• Hot Stuff at AllMovie
• Hot Stuff at the TCM Movie Database