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Released
1986 · FILM

Running Scared

Two of Chicago's finest?

Directed by
Runtime
107 min
ComedyCrimeThrillerAction

Synopsis

Two street-smart Chicago police officers must shake off their vacation rust after returning from a trip to Key West, where they had gone to recuperate, as they set out to track down a drug dealer who had previously nearly killed them.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by James MitchellShot by Peter HyamsScored by Rod TempertonDesigned by Albert Brenner

Box Office

1986 · Box office

Grossed $38.5M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$38.5M

Worldwide gross$38.5M

Opening weekend: $5.2M 14% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Peak 1,376 theaters

Also known as

  • Diese Zwei sind nicht zu fassende
  • Deux flics à Chicagofr
  • Una perfetta coppia di svitatiit

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