| The Private Eyes | |
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| Directed by | Lang Elliott |
| Written by | Tim Conway John Myhers |
| Produced by | Wanda Dell Lang Elliott |
| Starring | Tim Conway Don Knotts Trisha Noble |
| Cinematography | Jacques Haitkin |
| Edited by | Patrick M. Crawford Fabien D. Tordjmann |
| Music by | Peter Matz |
Production companies | Tri Star Pictures The Private Eyes Partners Limited |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.3 million[1] |
| Box office | $18,942,320 (U.S.)[2] or $8.1 million[3] |
The Private Eyes is a 1980 American comedy mystery film starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts. The pair play bumbling American detectives who work for Scotland Yard. It was filmed at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina.
The film was directed by Lang Elliott and was the final pairing of Conway and Knotts, not counting their cameos as two California Highway Patrol officers in the 1984 film Cannonball Run II.
- ^ Koetting, Christopher T. (2009), Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures, Hemlock Books, pp. 172, 188–190
- ^ "Advertisement". Variety. March 11, 1981. p. 21.
- ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 292. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada