Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) released Running Scared to theaters on June 27, 1986. Peter Hyams directs the film which stars Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, and Steven Bauer.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) released Running Scared to theaters on June 27, 1986. Peter Hyams directs the film which stars Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, and Steven Bauer. ‘Running Scared’ Movie Summary Two New York City cops are ready for retirement, but before they do, they want to bust a big drug kingpin.  MGM wanted Gene Hackman and Paul Newman to play the two leads.  But after signing director Peter Hyams to the project, they were convinced that the two heroic cops should be younger…and from Chicago.  MGM then went after Tom Selleck and John Travolta to play the lead roles of Hughes and Costanzo. Unfortunately, Selleck had to turn down the role due to commitments to Magnum P.I.  And Travolta had several massages scheduled for that month.  So MGM had to find their two hard as nails cops somewhere else.  Eventually, they settled on the obvious choices of Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal. Hines , best known for dancing his way through The Cotton Club and White Nights, and Crystal, best known at the time for Saturday Night Live, but whose best known film role had been a pregnant man in 1978’s Rabbit Test.  The man’s comedy was ahead of its time, beating Schwarzenegger’s Junior to the punch by nearly 16 years. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Please let us know what you think of the film in the comments section, and rate this movie from one to five stars below as well. If there is a film you’d like us to review, send us an email at comments@moviehousememories.com with your name, location, and film choice. And finally, if you are of the social media persuasion, you can look the MHM Podcast Network up on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and if you do, please give us a follow when you find us. Disclaimer This podcast is intended for entertainment and information purposes only. The theme music for Lunchtime Movie Review, Fireworks is provided courtesy of Alexander Nakarada at serpentsoundstudios.com under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. All original content of this podcast is the intellectual property of Lunchtime Movie Review, the MHM Podcast Network, and Fuzzy Bunny Slippers Entertainment LLC unless otherwise noted. This post contains affiliate links that will take you to Amazon.com and/or the iTunes Store. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item,