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The Choirboys

The Choirboys

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The Choirboys

"Don't look for these guys in church."

1977

1h 59m

5.4(35 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Overview

A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.

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Universal Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Charles Durning

Charles Durning

Spermwhale Whalen

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Calvin Motts

Perry King

Perry King

Baxter Slate

Clyde Kusatsu

Clyde Kusatsu

Francis Tanaguchi

Stephen Macht

Stephen Macht

Spencer Van Moot

Tim McIntire

Tim McIntire

Roscoe Rules

Randy Quaid

Randy Quaid

Dean Proust

Chuck Sacci

'Father' Sartino

Don Stroud

Don Stroud

Sam Lyles

James Woods

James Woods

Harold Bloomguard

Creative team

Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Written by: Joseph Wambaugh
Christopher Knopf
Produced by: Lee Rich
Merv Adelson

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