1983
R
Universal Pictures
1 h 40 m

1983
R
Universal Pictures
1 h 40 m

Summary The story of a shiftless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albe...

Directed By: Joel Schumacher

Written By: Topper Carew, Joel Schumacher

1983
R
Universal Pictures
1 h 40 m

1983
R
Universal Pictures
1 h 40 m

D.C. Cab

Name: D.C. Cab
Genre: Action, Comedy
Released: 1983-12-16
Duration: 1 min 40 s
Rating: 46
Cast: Max Gail, Adam Baldwin, Mr. T, Charlie Barnett, Gary Busey

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Joel Schumacher

Written By: Topper Carew, Joel Schumacher

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Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews

13% Positive
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50% Mixed
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38% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews

13% Positive
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38% Negative
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Washington Post

D.C. Cab jumps you in the spirit of a big, shaggy and affection-craving pooch. You may wish it weren't quite so sloppily demonstrative, but it's too full of zest and good will to be resisted. [15 Dec 1983, p.D1]

By Gary Arnold FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

Not much really happens here, and if you're looking for motivation or reasonable plot evolution or anything more than a night that feels like sitting in the stands at a really rowdy Redskins game, don't hail this cab...It's upbeat, bumper to bumper: squeals on wheels. [16 Dec 1983, p.23]

By Rita Kempley FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

D.C. CAB is a musical mob scene, a raucous, crowded movie that's fun as long as it stays wildly busy, and a lot less interesting when it wastes time on plot or conversation. There's a lot of talent in the large cast, and Joel Schumacher, the director, generally keeps things bustling.

By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW

Chicago Sun-Times

D. C. Cab is not an entirely bad movie -- it has its moments -- but if it had used more actual taxi-riding incidents and more recognizable driver types, it could have been a little masterpiece.

By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

D.C. Cab is a high-energy comedy in desperate search for the big laugh. So desperate that the film has the manic pace of a sitcom gone bonkers. The score pounds, the cars careen, but the laugh is never found. And a few chuckles are a minor reward for a major assault. [19 Dec 1983]

By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW

IGN

The movie's inherent flaws and jumble of subplots and side characters barely make a scratch into the stereotypes and cookie-cutter story.

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Miami Herald

A film that has too little to entertain grownups, and perhaps too much for children. It's a blunder. [21 Dec 1983, p.C8]

By Bill Cosford FULL REVIEW

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Production Company RKO Radio Pictures, The Guber-Peters Company, Universal Pictures

Release Date Dec 16, 1983

Duration 1 h 40 m

Rating R

Genres

Tagline Let the wackiest Cab Co. in Town take you for a ride!

D.C. Cab

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Max Gail

Harold

Adam Baldwin

Albert Hockenberry

Mr. T

Samson

Charlie Barnett

Tyrone

Gary Busey

Dell

Gloria Gifford

Miss Floyd

Marsha Warfield

Ophelia

Bill Maher

Baba

Otis Day

Bongo

Paul Rodriguez

Xavier

Whitman Mayo

Mr. Rhythm

Peter Paul

Buddy

David Paul

Buzzy

Irene Cara

Irene Cara

Diana Bellamy

Maudie

John Diehl

Head Kidnapper

Bonnie Keith

Female Kidnapper

J.W. Smith

Black Kidnapper

Moriah Shannon

Venus Club Waitress

Newt Arnold

FBI Chief

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