First buddy cop flick?

Thinking 48 hrs, sorta

I think this was certainly one of the first, if not, the first "Buddy Cop" Movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071521/

How many syllables Mario?

Wow how YOUNG you guys must be LOL!

The first I remember seeing was in the early days of HBO...came out in '74

Freebie and the Bean (Caan/Arkin)

I remember seeing another with Cosby/Culp, but it was not I Spy...it was called Hickey and Boggs. This may have even predated Freebie and the Bean.

Running Scared is better than both of those, but not first.








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The first buddy cop movie was a Japanese movie called stay dog In 1949 another one was 1967 in heat of the night. 48 hours popularized it though.

And Cotton Comes to Harlem, 1970.

French Connection

There was also The Super Cops (1974) which was loosely based on two NYC Cops they called "Batman & Robin"