Partners
“Benson is a cop who wants to clean up the streets...his partner just wants to redecorate.”
After a series of murders in Los Angeles's gay community, heterosexual police officer Sgt. Benson is assigned to go undercover as half of a gay couple with Officer Kerwin, a Records Clerk
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Studio
Aaron Russo Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Partners performed
Budget
$6.0M
Worldwide Gross
$6.1M
Gross Profit
$100,000
Return
1.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$878K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Sgt. Benson
Ryan O'Neal
Sgt. Benson
Kerwin
John Hurt
Kerwin
Chief Wilkins
Kenneth McMillan
Chief Wilkins
Jill
Robyn Douglass
Jill
Halderstam
Jay Robinson
Halderstam
Clara
Denise Galik
Clara
Walter
Joseph R. Sicari
Walter
Monroe
Michael McGuire
Monroe
Douglas
Rick Jason
Douglas
Edward K. Petersen
James Remar
Edward K. Petersen
Secretary
Jennifer Ashley
Secretary
Al
Darrell Larson
Al
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