Hollywood Homicide is an action comedy 2003 film starring Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett. Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Clyde Kusatsu, Lena Olin, Dwight Yoakam, Martin Landau and André Benjamin have supporting roles, and Eric Idle makes a cameo appearance. It was rated PG-13 by the MPAA. Written by Robert Souza and Ron Shelton, directed by Ron Shelton and produced by Lou Pitt.
The film is based on the true life experiences of Robert Souza, who was a homicide detective in the LAPD Hollywood Division and moonlighted as a real estate broker in his final ten years on the job.
When not solving murders in Tinseltown, Detective Joe Gavilan and his rookie partner Kasey Calden both moonlight in other fields: Gavilan sells real estate (poorly), and Calden aspires to become an actor (Brando, namely). Assigned to the vicious in-club slaying of a promising young rap act, the two detective delve into the recording industry where they hope to find answers - ideally ones that also come with property buyers or auditions.
