Rent-a-Cop

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Rent-a-Cop
Theatrical release poster by Tom Jung. Tagline: "There's a killer on the loose and the lady is the target"
Directed by	Jerry London
Written by	Michael Blodgett Dennis Shryack
Produced by	Raymond Wagner John D. Schofield
Starring	Burt Reynolds Liza Minnelli James Remar Richard Masur Bernie Casey John Stanton John P. Ryan Dionne Warwick Robby Benson
Cinematography	Giuseppe Rotunno
Edited by	Robert Lawrence
Music by	Jerry Goldsmith
Production company	Kings Road Entertainment
Distributed by	Kings Road Entertainment
Release dates	November 26, 1987 (1987-11-26) (West Germany) January 15, 1988 (1988-01-15) (United States)
Running time	96 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$16 million[1]
Box office	$295,000[2]

Rent-a-Cop is a 1987 American thriller comedy starring Burt Reynolds and Liza Minnelli. Reynolds plays a disgraced police officer, now working as a security guard, who falls in love with Minnelli, who plays a prostitute.

The film saw both lead actors to be nominated for the 1988 Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Actor and Worst Actress. (These nominations were not solely on the merits of Rent-a-Cop, however; Reynolds and Minnelli were also cited for Switching Channels and Arthur 2: On the Rocks, respectively). Minnelli ended up "winning" the Worst Actress prize.

The film earned under $300,000 in American ticket sales. Initially released on 26 November 1987 in West Germany, its American premiere came two months later on 15 January 1988. Although set in Chicago, the movie was mostly filmed in Italy.