Fuzz

Fuzz (1972)

Timing: 1:33 (93 min)

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Release date

1972-07-14

Country

United States

Production

Filmways Pictures, Javelin Pictures

Genre

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

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Director

Richard A. Colla

Actors

Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Tom Skerritt, Raquel Welch, James McEachin, Steve Ihnat, Dan Frazer, Bert Remsen, Stewart Moss, H. Benny Markowitz
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Scenario

Producer

Martin Ransohoff, Jack Farren, Edward S. Feldman

Operator

Jacques R. Marquette

Composer

Dave Grusin

Artist

Audition

Caro Jones

Editing

Robert L. Kimble
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• In the 1930s in the US, the word "Fuzz" was slang among drug dealers and other criminals for indecisive or inept police officers.
• Burt Reynolds (1936-2018) and Raquel Welch filmed together in four scenes, but they never once looked at each other or exchanged a single word during filming. Due to a quarrel during the filming of Tom Gries (1922-1977)'s western "100 Rifles" (1969), Welch stated that she would only agree to star in "Smokey and the Bandit" if she didn't have to act alongside Reynolds. Reynolds filmed with Welch's stand-in, immediately leaving the set afterward, and only then would Welch appear and film the same scene, but with a stand-in for Reynolds.
• In the scene where Reynolds' character is engulfed in flames, the actor performed without a stunt double and suffered serious burns to his face.
• Initially, Brian De Palma was slated to direct the film, but he disagreed with the casting of Yul Brynner (1920-1985) and Raquel Welch and left the project.
• In the 1930s in the United States, the word "Fuzz" was slang among drug dealers and other criminals for indecisive or incompetent police officers.