Summaries

After getting plastic surgery to resemble his hero Humphrey Bogart, a detective goes on the trail of a group of unscrupulous characters trying to steal a set of blue sapphires.

A man with a fixation on Humphrey Bogart gets plastic surgery to make him look exactly like Bogart. Then he changes his name to Sam Marlowe (after Sam Spade and Phillip Marlowe, two of Bogart's most famous characters), hires a ditzy blonde secretary, and opens up a detective agency. His first case is one that would do Bogie proud...—Afterburner <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • 1970s
  • los angeles california
  • private detective
  • secretary
  • reference to humphrey bogart
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Mystery
  • Crime
Release date May 27, 1980
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA
Production companies Twentieth Century Fox Melvin Simon Productions

Box office

Budget $3600000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 46m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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