V.I. Warshawski Movie Review 1991

The filmmakers seem to think they can slum with the oldest cliches in detective shows just as long as the tough gumshoe is a woman. They're wrong. Turner is terrific as the leggy shamus of the title (from a popular series of books by Sara Paretsky), but the plot is nothing special, featuring stock characters in the killing of a pro athlete and a real-estate deal.

Distribution

Hollywood Pictures Home Video, Fairmont Bldg. 526, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91505-9842, Phone: (818)562-3560

Available on VHS
Running time 89 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Private Eyes, Women Cops

Screenplay

Nick Thiel, David Aaron Cohen

Cast

Stephen (Steve) Root, Kathleen Turner, Jay O. Sanders, Angela Goethals, Charles Durning

Director

Jeff Kanew

Music

Randy Edelman

Producer

Silver Screen Partners IV