Cop and a Half - Wikipedia Cop and a Half Cop and a Half Theatrical release poster Directed by Henry Winkler Produced by Paul Maslansky Written by Arne Olsen Starring Burt Reynolds Ray Sharkey Ruby Dee Norman D. Golden II Music by Alan Silvestri Cinematography Bill Butler Edited by Daniel P. Hanley Carroll Timothy O'Meara Roger Tweten Production company Imagine Entertainment Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date April 2, 1993 ( 1993 - 04 - 02 ) Running time 93 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $4 million Box office $41 million Cop and a Half is a 1993 American buddy cop - comedy film directed by Henry Winkler, and stars Burt Reynolds, Norman D. Golden II, and Ray Sharkey in his final role. Reynolds plays a veteran cop who reluctantly takes an eight - year - old child ( Golden ) as his partner to solve a murder investigation. The film was followed by a lower budget, direct - to - DVD sequel, Cop and a Half : New Recruit ( 2017 ). Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Soundtrack 5 Reception 5.1 Box office 6 Awards 7 References 8 External links Plot This article needs an improved plot summary. ( September 2015 ) Devon Butler ( Golden ) is an eight - year - old boy who lives in Tampa and dreams of being a cop. He watches police TV shows, knows police procedures and plays cops and robbers with his friend Ray. One day, while snooping around in a warehouse, he witnesses a murder. He goes to the police, who want the information, but he refuses to give it unless they make him a cop. They then team him with veteran cop ( and child hater ) Detective Nick McKenna ( Reynolds ), and they team up in a comic series of events to find the killer and take down a drug kingpin who ordered the hit. They eventually come to a mutual understanding in order to bring the killer to justice. Cast Burt Reynolds as Det. Nick McKenna Norman D. Golden II as Devon Butler Ruby Dee as Rachel Baldwin Holland Taylor as Captain Rubio Ray Sharkey as Vinnie Fountain Sammy Hernandez as Raymond Sanchez Sean O'Neal ( credited as Sean Evan O'Neal ) as McNally Frank Sivero as Chu Rocky Giordani as Quintero Marc Macaulay as Waldo Tom McCleister as Rudy Ralph Wilcox as Det. Matt McPhail Tom Kouchalakos as Det. Jenkins Production Macaulay Culkin was approached to play the child. Culkin dropped out, along with Kurt Russell, who was attached to play Det. McKenna, when the film was delayed for script rewrites. The child co-star was rewritten to be female, then back to male once Golden was cast. Shooting took place in Tampa, Florida between April and June 1992. Soundtrack Joey Lawrence 's `` Nothin ' My Love Ca n't Fix '' is used as the end title song. Reception The film holds a 17 % approval rating at the film review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 2.8 / 10. Jay Boyar of the Orlando Sentinel wrote, `` Just about the only really enjoyable thing about Cop and a Half is Norman D. Golden II, who is genuinely cute and a pretty good little actor besides. '' Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin called it `` abjectly painful '' and wrote, `` And a hemorrhoid - and - a-half to anyone who sits all the way through it. '' Critic Gene Siskel also excoriated the film, seeing it as indicative of `` artistic bankruptcy '' on Burt Reynolds ' part, and singled out Norman D. Golden II 's performance as `` awkward ''. Siskel later called it the worst movie of 1993. Siskel speculated that NBC thought little of the film when they aired it in its broadcast - network debut, pointing out that they scheduled it opposite the 1997 Super Bowl. However, Roger Ebert gave it 3 stars out of a possible 4, saying, `` There is n't much that 's original in Cop and a Half, but there 's a lot that 's entertaining, and there 's a winning performance by a young man with a big name, Norman D. Golden II, who plays little Devon Butler, a kid who dreams of someday wearing the shield. '' Box Office The film debuted at No. 1. In its second week it dropped to number 3. Industry analysists expected it to open with $4 million, but it grossed $6 million. Variety attributed the film 's opening to its poster, which they said is reminiscent of Kindergarten Cop. It grossed a total of $31.9 million in the US and another $8.8 in other territories for worldwide total of $40.7 million. Awards Awards Subject Result Stinkers Bad Movie Awards Worst Picture Nominated Worst Actor Burt Reynolds Nominated Worst Actor Norman D. Golden II Nominated Golden Raspberry Award Worst Actor Burt Reynolds Won Worst New Star Norman D. Golden II Nominated Young Artist Award Best Actor Under Ten in a Motion Picture Nominated References Jump up ^ Zink, Jack ( 1992 - 03 - 17 ). `` Florida Ready To Get Cameras Rolling ''. Sun - Sentinel. Retrieved 2015 - 12 - 09. ^ Jump up to : `` Cop and a Half ''. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2015 - 12 - 09. Jump up ^ `` Florida Son Burt Reynolds Comes Of Age ''. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2011 - 01 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Imagine Inks Winkler To helm ' Cop ' ; Wooing Culkin ''. Variety. 1991 - 03 - 03. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 24. ^ Jump up to : `` Cop & 1 / 2 ''. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Reynolds Resumes Filming ' Cop And A Half ' In Tampa ''. Orlando Sentinel. 1992 - 05 - 07. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Cop & 1 / 2 ( 2018 ) ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved April 10, 2018. Jump up ^ Boyar, Jay ( April 2, 1993 ). `` ' Cop And A Half ' Is n't A Whole Lot Of Fun - Orlando Sentinel ''. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved March 9, 2015. Jump up ^ Maltin, Leonard ( 2008 ). Leonard Maltin 's 2009 Movie Guide. Penguin Group. p. 281. ISBN 9780452289789. Jump up ^ Gene Siskel. `` The Joy of Watching ' The Joy Luck Club ' '' TV Guide ; January 25, 1997 ; Page 18 Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger ( April 2, 1993 ). `` Cop and a Half ''. RogerEbert.com. Ebert Digital LLC. Retrieved December 9, 2015. Jump up ^ Fox, David J. ( April 6, 1993 ). `` Weekend Box Office : 4 Oscars Give ' Unforgiven ' a Boost ''. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 11, 2011. Jump up ^ Fox, David J. ( April 13, 1993 ). `` Weekend Box Office : Filmgoers Accepting ' Proposal ' ''. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 11, 2011. Jump up ^ Klady, Leonard ( April 6, 1993 ). `` Kidpower propels nat'l B.O. '' Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved October 24, 2016. Jump up ^ Marx, Andy ( May 4, 1993 ). `` Art imitating art in one - sheets ''. Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved October 24, 2016. Jump up ^ `` 1993 16th Hastings Bad Cinema Society Stinkers Awards ''. Stinkers Bad Movie Awards. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2006 - 10 - 17. Retrieved April 2, 2013. ^ Jump up to : Wilson, John ( 2007 ). `` Fourteenth Annual Razzies ( 1993 ) ''. The Official Razzie Movie Guide. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 9780446510080. Jump up ^ `` Fifteenth Annual Youth in Film Awards ''. Young Artist Association. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 24. 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Question: who plays devon butler in cop and a half
Answer: Norman D. Golden II