Main Cast: Bob Hoskins, Denzel Washington, Chloe Webb, Roger E. Mosley, Ja'net DuBois
Release Year: 1990
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Jack Moony (Bob Hoskins) is a vice detective, but he is also an intense and crazed, racist lout. Jack has had a brief fling with a hooker named Crystal (Chloe Webb), but Crystal left him for Napoleon Stone (Denzel Washington), a suave, handsome, cosmopolitan lawyer, who becomes the object of Jack's rage, not simply because he has stolen his girl but also because he is black. Jack, who lives on cheeseburgers, beer, and whiskey, has a heart attack. This occurs the same night that Stone is killed in an un-accidental car crash. Thanks to a quick organ transplant, Jake ends up with Stone's heart. But to Jack's horror, he discovers the ghost of the lawyer has returned to earth to follow Jack around -- offering Jack nutritional advise, giving him tips on solving his murder, and suggestions on how to get back together with Crystal. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Alan Rachins - Dr. Posner; Jeffrey Meek - Graham; Kieran Mulroney - Dillnick; Robert Apisa - Teller; Bill Applebaum - Dancing Cop; Anthony "Wink" Atkinson; Ray Baker - Harry Zara; Greg Barnett - Armed Man; Diane Civita - Terri Rinselle; Felix - Chuck; Leontine Guilliard - Duty Nurse; Phyllis Hamlin - TV Announcer; Deidre Harris - Rap Singer; Chick Hearn - Himself; Thomas Huff - Armed Man; Dasanea Johnson; Johquache Johnson; Shauntae Johnson - Baby Leon; George Kyle - Dancing Cop; Eva La Rue - Peisha; Clayton Landey - Dr. Posner's Assistant; Monte Landis - Beverly Palm Hotel Waiter; Mark Lowenthal - Ciao Chow Club Waiter; Jeff MacGregor - Dating Game Host; Kenneth J. Martinez - Cop in Precinct; Rick Marzan - Irate Cop; Kendall McCarthy - Archimedes; Billy Oscar - Man in Bathroom; Theresa Randle - Ciao Chow Club Maitre D'; Gary Sax - Usher Cop; Julie Silverman - Staff Member; Lisa Stahl - Annie; Ron Taylor - Bubba; Dean Wein - Armed Man; Mary Catherine Wright - Nurse; Bobby Bass - Armed Man; Frank Roach - Sen. James Marquand; Johnny Johnston - Resident; John Walker - Cops in Precinct
Credit
Louise Frogley - Costume Designer, James D. Parriott - Director, David Finfer - Editor, Patrick Leonard - Composer (Music Score), Bonnie Raitt - Songwriter, Joe Williams - Songwriter, John Muto - Production Designer, Dan Webster - Production Designer, Arthur Albert - Cinematographer, Marie Cantin - Producer, Robert Shaye - Producer, Steve Tisch - Producer, Bernie Goldmann - Producer, Jim Halty - Stunts, James D. Parriott - Screenwriter, Giacomo Puccini - Featured Music
Heart Condition is a 1990fantasy-comedy film starring Denzel Washington and Bob Hoskins. Hoskins plays police sergeant Jack Moony, a racist cop and Washington plays Napoleon Stone, an adorable but sleazy ambulance chasing lawyer whom Moony hates. Moony's years of bad habits, such as overeating, smoking, and drinking, finally catch up with him. At the same time, Stone is gunned down in a drive-by shooting. After suffering a heart attack, Moony wakes up to find out that his new heart was once Stone's, and the dead lawyer's ghost has become his constant companion. Now, Moony will have to solve Stone's murder.
Reception & Box Office
The movie's reception was largely negative, scoring 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. At the end of its run, the box office total was $4,134,992. Washington was talked into making this movie by his agent. Afterwards, Washington fired him and has not starred in a full scale comedy since.
