Taglines: Getting killed ain’t as easy as it looks.
Short Time movie storyline. Seattle detective Burt Simpson (Coleman) is a man who is so concerned about planning for the future that he cannot enjoy the present. This strains his relationship with his wife Carolyn (Teri Garr) and young son Dougie.
However, this is to change when a mix-up at the hospital (caused by a bus driver who is trying to hide his recent use of marijuana) makes him believe that he has two weeks to live. Finding out that his family will only receive a small amount of money if he dies of natural causes, but will receive hundreds of thousands if he is killed in the line of duty, he determines to find a way to make that happen.
Simpson’s first effort centers around a domestic disturbance call. Aware that such affairs routinely turn violent, he eagerly responds, but it turns out to be an elderly couple. One of them misheard the other because they were deaf, and a kind remark was mistaken for an insult. When the error is revealed, the two happily reconcile. A more promising situation follows, when Simpson is involved in a car chase with some fleeing suspects who happen to be gun smuggler Carl Stark’s two right-hand men. Simpson’s vehicle and their car wind up demolished, but no lives are lost. Simpson is awarded a medal for his bravery.
Short Time is a 1990 comedy action crime movie directed by Gregg Champion which stars Dabney Coleman, Matt Frewer, Teri Garr, Barry Corbin, Joe Pantoliano, Xander Berkeley, Rob Roy, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Tony Pantages and Kim Kondrashoff.
Short Time (1990)
Directed by: Gregg Champion
Starring: Dabney Coleman, Matt Frewer, Teri Garr, Barry Corbin, Joe Pantoliano, Xander Berkeley, Rob Roy, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Tony Pantages, Kim Kondrashoff
Screenplay by: John Blumenthal, Michael Berry
Production Design by: Michael S. Bolton
Cinematography by: John J. Connor
Film Editing by: Frank Morriss, Michael Ripps
Costume Design by: Christopher Ryan
Set Decoration by: Peter Hinton
Art Direction by: Eric Fraser
Music by: Ira Newborn
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: May 4, 1990
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