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The Choirboys

Play trailer Poster for The Choirboys R,  1977,  1h 59m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 45% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 40% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
45% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 40% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Roscoe Rules (Tim McIntire) is exactly the kind of cop you don't want on the job. When he's not getting drunk after hours, he is insulting the citizens he supposedly serves. And his cop buddies are no better, from the always-angry Sam (Don Stroud) to the geeky Harold (James Woods), who constantly makes questionable busts of prostitutes. When a member of the group mistakenly shoots a gay man in a park while the gang is out carousing, everyone closes ranks to cover up the crime.

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Gary Arnold Washington Post Dec 21, 2015
The Choirboys takes a fairly obnoxious place among a burgeoning genre of Hollywood films determined to revel in raunchiness. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Mar 18, 2026
3/5
‘…an eye-opener in terms of what a big studio might consider adult entertainment…’ Go to Full Review
Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Nov 29, 2022
C-
Pedestrian sleaze. Go to Full Review
Bernard Drew Gannett News Service Nov 1, 2019
I don't know how Aldrich, a usually good director who can go off from time to time, can be responsible for this. Go to Full Review
Jesús Fernández Santos El Pais (Spain) Aug 6, 2019
What is more interesting about this singular and violent film is its critique -- both cheerful and fierce -- of the police. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Donald McLean Bay Area Reporter Jul 24, 2019
The actors are all fine talents who probably thought they'd be making the novel; poor idealistic dreamers. Don't they know what Hollywood does to good books? Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Robert Aldrich

Director

Charles Durning

Spermwhale Whalen

Louis Gossett Jr.

Calvin Motts

Perry King

Baxter Slate

Clyde Kusatsu

Francis Tanaguchi

Stephen Macht

Spencer Van Moot

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The Choirboys

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Movie Info

Synopsis Roscoe Rules (Tim McIntire) is exactly the kind of cop you don't want on the job. When he's not getting drunk after hours, he is insulting the citizens he supposedly serves. And his cop buddies are no better, from the always-angry Sam (Don Stroud) to the geeky Harold (James Woods), who constantly makes questionable busts of prostitutes. When a member of the group mistakenly shoots a gay man in a park while the gang is out carousing, everyone closes ranks to cover up the crime.
Director
Robert Aldrich
Producer
Merv Adelson, Lee Rich
Production Co
Lorimar Film Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 7, 2015
Runtime
1h 59m
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