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Rent-a-Cop
“Deadlier than Dirty Harry, faster than Cobra”
48%
Movie
1h 32m
AI Analysis
Rent-a-Cop (1987) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Rent-a-Cop (1987) — a movie tagged as Comedy, Crime, and Action with funny and emotional moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a masked killer. He joins forces with a prostitute, the only one able to identify the killer, to bring him to justice. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~92 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Rent-a-Cop 48% (45 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
AI verdict
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TMDb audience score
48%
from 45 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a masked killer. He joins forces with a prostitute, the only one able to identify the killer, to bring him to justice.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1987-11-28
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- TMDB rating
- 4.8
- TMDB ID
- 80287
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Where can I watch Rent-a-Cop (1987)?
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Is there an official trailer for Rent-a-Cop?
Yes, you can watch the official trailer for Rent-a-Cop directly on this page. We pull the latest video metadata from TMDb and play it via YouTube integration.
What is Rent-a-Cop about?
Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a masked killer. He joins forces with a prostitute, the only one able ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Rent-a-Cop?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie Rent-a-Cop?
The official runtime for Rent-a-Cop is approximately 92 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Burt Reynolds
Tony Church
Liza Minnelli
Della Roberts
James Remar
Dancer
Richard Masur
Roger
Dionne Warwick
Beth
Bernie Casey
Lemar
Robby Benson
Pitts
John Stanton
Alexander
John P. Ryan
Wieser
Larry Dolgin
Capt. James
- R
Roslyn Alexander
Miss Barley
Cyrus Elias
Victor
- N
Ned Schmidtke
Lindy
Rick LeFevour
Young Cop
- M
Mary Ann Thebus
Woman in Mercedes
- J
John Shannon
Lenny
Mickey Knox
Frank
Martin Dansky
Trick
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