Collision Course (1989 film)

Collision Course is a 1989 action comedy film starring Jay Leno as a Detroit police officer and Pat Morita as a Japanese officer forced to work together to recover a Japanese turbocharger stolen by a thief played by Chris Sarandon. It was directed by Lewis Teague and unreleased in the U.S. until 1992, when it debuted on home video.

Collision Course
The DVD artwork for Collision Course.
Directed byLewis Teague
Written byFrank Darius Namei
Robert Resnikoff
Produced byTed Field
Robert W. Cort
StarringJay Leno
Pat Morita
Chris Sarandon
CinematographyDonald E. Thorin
Music byIra Newborn
Production
company
Distributed byDe Laurentiis Entertainment Group
Release date
  • April 27, 1989 (1989-04-27)
(Germany)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13 million

The story plays upon the culture clash between Detroit - whose economy is largely built on automobile manufacturing - and Japan - whose trade policies and export of cars were blamed for Detroit job losses in the 1980s.

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