Hickey & Boggs

Hickey amp Boggs is a 1972 neonoir detective movie written by Walter Hill and directed by Robert Culp. The film marks the first reunion of Culp and Bill Cosby since they starred together in the 1960s television series I Spy.

The script was an original of Walter Hills who sold it to John Calley of Warner Bros. He sent it to Bill Cosby who agreed to star in the film if Bob Culp would direct. Culp agreed and the film was greenlit. However Culp and Calley disagreed over the budget originally put at 2.2 million so Calley sold the script to Culp, who tried to raise the money himself. The budget was revised tomillion Fouad Said agreed to provide half the money the other half came from Film Guarantors, a film financing arm of Taft Broadcasting.Walter Hill later said he felt the film had some nice moments, but it was cast much differently than it was written. I wasnt too excited about it. ........

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