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Overall Rank: 23701
Average Rating: 2.1/4
# of Ratings: 9
Theatrical Release Date: 05/04/1990
Language: English
Genre: Action, Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gregg Champion
Actors: Dabney Coleman, Matt Frewer, Teri Garr, Barry Corbin, Joe Pantoliano, Xander Berkeley
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2/4
Not a bad movie for its time.
TheWolf - wrote on 08/17/2007
Dabney Coleman has been out of the lime light for a long time. His biggest achievement to those of us that grew up in the 80's and 90's was a short lived TV show that he starred in called Drexell's Class. During that time he cashed in on his celebrity by starring in a number of low budget movies, the most well know of which being Short Time. He plays Burt Simpson, a cop, that has just gone in for a routine physical. While he is there a junkie is also in for a few tests as well, fearing that he won't pass the junkie switches the labels on his test and Simpsons. When Simpson gets the results back it says he only has a couple weeks to live. Knowing that his family won't compensated if he dies of a disease, he sets out to do the most dangerous things he can on the job in hopes of getting …
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