Red Heat

1988 film by Walter Hill
Movie film Q514293
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Summary

Red Heat is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,555 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Walter Hill[3]
  • Screenwriter: Walter Hill[4], Troy Kennedy Martin[5], Harry Kleiner[6]
  • Composer: James Horner[7]
  • Genre: buddy cop film[8], action film[9], buddy film[10]
  • Cast member: Arnold Schwarzenegger[11], Jim Belushi[12], Peter Boyle[13], Ed O'Ross[14], Laurence Fishburne[15], Gina Gershon[16], Richard Bright[17], Brion James[18], Mike Hagerty[19], Peter Greene[20], Pruitt Taylor Vince[21], Brent Jennings[22], Oleg Vidov[23], János Bán[24]
  • Production company: TriStar Pictures[25], Carolco Pictures[26]
  • Director of photography: Matthew F. Leonetti[27]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[28], Russian[29]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[30]
  • Review score: 5.6/10[31], 69%[32], 61/100[33]
  • Color: color[34]
  • Country of origin: United States[35]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1988[36], October 6, 1988[37]
  • Distributed by: InterCom[38], Netflix[39]
  • Narrative location: Moscow[40], Chicago[41]
  • Filming location: Moscow[42], Budapest[43]
  • Main subject: organized crime[44], Chicago Police Department[45], Cold War[46]
  • Title: Red Heat[47]
  • Different from: Red Heat[48]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 18[49]
  • Duration: 103[50]
  • Capital cost: 29,000,000[51]
  • Box office: 34,994,648[52]
  • RARS rating: 18+[53]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 16[54]

Why It Matters

Red Heat has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 95963
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 14775
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  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 4531
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  4. 22w ago · Einar Myre · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Distribution format → video on demand
    Director → Walter Hill
    Production company → —
    Publication date → +1988-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1988-10-06T00:00:00Z
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