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Cast
- Burt ReynoldsJack Rhodes
- Lesley-Anne DownGillian Bromley
- David NivenChief Insp. Cyril Willis
- Timothy WestNigel Lawton
- Patrick MageeErnst Mueller
- Al MatthewsFerguson
- Susan LittlerSheila
- Joss AcklandInsp. Vanderveld
- Isabel DeanMrs. Willis
- Wolf KahlerDe Gooyer
Recommendations
- 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Under Don Siegel's flag, no new territory is surveyed and the destination is familiar, but the journey proves to be a comfortable one and the victory waiting at the end is far from Pyrrhic. [19 June 1980] - 70
Washington Post
Rough Cut isn't the finest vintage of its light, dry style, but it is easy to take and when it ends you may be sorry there isn't more. [20 June 1980, p.17] - 70
Newsweek
A high-gloss, light-fingered flick that deftly picks your pocket of a few bucks and in return slips you two hours of neatly killed time. [30 June 1980, p.62] - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
It's fun, it's slick and it's carefully put together, but it's more of an exercise than an accomplishment. Everyone does their schtick, the plot complications unfold like clockwork, but we find ourselves not really caring. - 50
The New York Times
To watch it is to try to put together the pieces from three different jigsaw puzzles. Not everything fits. [19 June 1980, p.19] - 50
Time Out
There are a few extreme auteurists who claim that everything Siegel shoots is wonderful, but some of his more recent efforts have been frankly disappointing, few more so than this glossy, shallow comic heist movie. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Reynolds' attempt to emulate Cary Grant (or Tony Curtis doing Cary Grant, as he says in the picture) falls flat, though the picture is entertaining in spots, especially those with Niven. - 50
Variety
Rough Cut emerges as an undistinctive, frothy romantic comedy that will charm a few and probably miss the eye of many.
