Two cops, a serious, taciturn one from the Soviet Union and a wise guy from Chicago, team up to catch the Eastern Bloc's biggest drug czar who has fled to Chicago.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1988 Title from container Special features: East meets West : the challenges of making Red heat (featuring original interviews with cast and crew); A stunt man for all seasons (looks at the career of the man behind the stunts on Red heat); I'm not a Russian, but I play one on TV (Ed O'Ross interview); original making-of TV special; original TV spots; theatrical trailer Screenplay, Harry Kleiner & Walter Hill and Troy Kennedy Martin ; producers, Walter Hill and Gordon Carroll ; director, Walter Hill ; story, Walter Hill ; director of photography, Matthew F. Leonetti ; editors, Freeman Davies, Carmel Davies, Donn Aron ; music composed by James Horner Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross, Larry Fishburne, Gina Gershon DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital For private home use only In English ; with optional subtitles in English or Spanish Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
