Hot Stuff VHS

Over the years I would check Amazon every so often to see if "Hot Stuff" were finally available on DVD. I knew it would be a long shot because unlike popular seventies films "Jaws" or "The Godfather", "Hot Stuff" is not a well known movie. You ask anybody if they have seen it and you're more likely to get an answer such as "What?". I was very pleased to see the movie is finally available. I ordered a copy immediately.Supposedly based on an actual sting operation run by the Miami Dade Police Department, "Hot Suff" stars the late Jerry Reed and the late Dom Deluise (Who worked together previously on "Smokey and the Bandit 2". Deluise also serves as director here.) as two Miami police detectives facing reassignment if their department does not start getting convictions. After busting a shady pawn shop for accepting stolen property, Reed suggests taking over the shop and posing as gangsters running a fencing operation. They set up shop along with Luis Avalos and the late Suzanne Plechette. It's all downhill from there.The movie is perfectly cast. The main cast members are all excellent. The late Ossie Davis is fantastic as the police captain overseeing the operation. There are hysterical scenes through out the movie. The two best in my opinion are a cameo by the late Pat McCormick as a man selling Cuban cigars and Deluise sampling some marijuana being offered by two British drug dealers. I can mention scene after scene here that will have you laughing your head off, but I would not want to spoil the movie for you. The climactic scene at the party where the crooks are busted is just plain fun.It's too bad "Hot Stuff" did not get much attention upon its initial release. Now with the movie finally available on DVD maybe it will get a little attention. I recommend you give it some attention as soon as you can.

My grandmother would watch this when I was a kid. I remember seeing it quite a bit. Got it for her. She loves it.

Great quality

Pretty funny. DVD is okay in quality... Great gal !

Okay. So this is a 'little' dated, BUT you get Dom Deluxe, Suzanne Pleshette, and Jerry Reed putting out their very best efforts (and those efforts are quite impressive). Truly, all should be well remembered as well as enjoyed, and the comedy which goes beyond pratfall and such is both exceptional and originally inventive. Pleshette in particular reaches out well beyond Me what..

An okay film regarding mid level larceny and the police attempting to deal with it. It's the kind of film that Hollywood used to make a lot of before the big blockbuster "make or break" B-movie with a lot of CGI came along to just ruin and otherwise trash the film market and film going experience.It's not a fantastic film, but it's okay for what it is. The tech is dated, and the action scenes are so so, but it's a likeable film all the same. If you're looking for a so-so crime comedy that has some mid range name stars from the 70s, then this film might do it for you.Check it out once, and see what you think.I'm just sorry they don't make moderately budgeted films anymore with real looking everyday people actors.

true story, told in a fun way

I was always a fan of this film and tried for a long time to get it on disc but there wasn't one available to buy. While searching for another film, I found a listing for Hot Stuff on DVD and ordered it. Being as old as it is (released in 1979), The quality of the video is not up to today's HD standards but it is a good reproduction of the original.

I love this movie....great comedy and great laughs. Dom Deluise at his best! Well worth the buy and addition to any one's library.

Excellent quality, better than my old VHS tape was!!!

Funny movie,classic from a time when Hollywood used some. Imagination,sound and picture okay I like to see maybe a blue ray or at least remastered.