| 1 | [[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/partners_1982.jpg]] |
| 2 | ''Partners'' is a buddy cop film written by Creator/FrancisVeber and directed by Creator/JamesBurrows. |
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| 4 | When two models for the gay magazine ''Man's Man'' are found strangled, heterosexual Sgt. Benson (Creator/RyanONeal) and [[TransparentCloset barely closeted]] Officer Kerwin (Creator/JohnHurt) are assigned to go UndercoverAsLovers in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles' gay community. Benson hates having to live as a CampGay man; meanwhile, Kerwin enjoys the domesticity and starts to fall in love with Benson. |
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| 6 | !!''Partners'' contains examples of: |
| 7 | * FiveFiveFive: Benson gives one of these numbers to the photographer Jill (Creator/RobynDouglass). |
| 8 | * {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Jill and an accomplice were blackmailing closeted gay men with evidence of their sexuality. One of her targets murders her and two of her other targets. The fourth victim was Jill's accomplice, whom she murdered herself.]] |
| 9 | * CutPhoneLines: Benson is at [[spoiler:Jill's house, not knowing she's been murdered]]. Kerwin tries to call him, but the killer unplugs the phone line mid-call. |
| 10 | * GilliganCut: Kerwin tells Benson that he should [[PublicExposure model for Man's Man]] in order to act as a decoy. Benson snaps, "I'm not showing my ass and that's final!" Cut to the photography studio where Benson is preparing to have his picture taken. |
| 11 | * HomeNudist: At Benson and Kerwin's new apartment, one of their neighbors likes to sit naked on the balcony. |
| 12 | * InterruptedIntimacy: Benson is in the middle of sex with Jill when Kerwin suddenly calls to tell him his theory that [[spoiler:Jill herself]] is the killer, to Benson's irritation. |
| 13 | * TheLoinsSleepTonight: Kerwin goes home with a man he hopes will have useful information on the murders. He tries to have sex with the man, but can't perform. |
| 14 | * NotNowKiddo: Kerwin tries to tell everyone his suspicions about [[spoiler:Jill]], but the other officers think he's just jealous of her and dismiss everything he says. |
| 15 | * {{Undercrank}}: Used when Kerwin is rushing to rescue Benson, who is AloneWithThePsycho. |
| 16 | * TheUnSmile: Benson wears a pained smile while flirting with men for information. |
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