---
title: 'Loose Cannons (1990)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bob Clark'
released: '1990-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/loose-cannons-1990'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100053/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Loose Cannons (1990)

1990 · Comedy, Action · United States


## Synopsis

Loose Cannons is a 1990 American action comedy film written by Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson and Bob Clark, who also directed the film. The film stars Gene Hackman as hard-nosed cop Mac Stern who is teamed up with Ellis Fielding, a detective with multiple personality disorder, played by Dan Aykroyd, to uncover a long-lost Nazi sex tape, featuring Adolf Hitler, which would jeopardize the political future of the West German chancellor-elect Kurt Von Metz. The theme song "Loose Cannons" features vocals by Katey Sagal and Aykroyd.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bob Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-clark)
- **Screenplay:** [Bob Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-clark), [Richard Christian Matheson](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-christian-matheson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Zaza](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-zaza)
- **Producer:** [Aaron Spelling](https://cinepixo.com/people/aaron-spelling)
- **Director of Photography:** [Reggie Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/reggie-morris)

## Cast

- [Leon Rippy](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-rippy)
- [Susan Peretz](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-peretz)
- [Brad Greenquist](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-greenquist)
- [Reg E. Cathey](https://cinepixo.com/people/reg-e-cathey)
- [Ronny Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronny-cox)
- [Jan Tříska](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-triska)
- [Dan Aykroyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-aykroyd)
- [Bill Fagerbakke](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-fagerbakke)
- [Paul Koslo](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-koslo)
- [David Alan Grier](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-alan-grier)
- [Gene Hackman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-hackman)
- [Dom DeLuise](https://cinepixo.com/people/dom-deluise)
- [Stan Taffel](https://cinepixo.com/people/stan-taffel)
- [Jay Ingram](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-ingram)
- [S. Epatha Merkerson](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-epatha-merkerson)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/loose-cannons-1990
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