hoping to gather some evidence. Eavesdropping on a meeting between Carlino and Brackman, they learn that Carlino is using the pension fund to finance dealings with a drug cartel and plans to have the money robbed from an armored car, with insurance covering the loss. Fearing the insurance company will investigate, Brackman urges Carlino not to execute the robbery. Carlino instructs Klepper and Lazarus to kill Brackman. Dooley and Kane attempt to save Brackman, but are too late to prevent his murder. After a night spent evading police, the two make plans with Maggie to prevent the armored car robbery. Kane and Maggie take over driving the truck, while Dooley plans to meet them ahead of the would-be robbers. Dooley has problems with his motorcycle while weaving through a traffic jam on L.A.'s Sixth Street Viaduct and is forced to hitch a ride with a trucker who bulls through the traffic, destroying several cars in the process. Meanwhile, Kane and Maggie avoid assaults from multiple cars attempting to hold them up. Dooley is able to arrive in time to save the armored car from a final attack from Klepper and Lazarus. O'Connell arrives, having captured Carlino and his associates, the two detectives who originally framed Dooley. The criminals are arrested and Dooley is invited back to the police force, along with a reluctant Kane. Cast John Candy as Frank Dooley Eugene Levy as Norman Kane Robert Loggia as Michael Carlino Kenneth McMillan as Captain Clarence O'Connell Meg Ryan as Maggie Cavanaugh Brion James as Anthony Lazarus Jonathan Banks as Clyde Klepper Don Stroud as Sergeant Rizzo Larry Hankin as Kokolovitch Steve Railsback as "The Cowboy" Tony Burton as "Cappy" Larry "Flash" Jenkins as Raisin Stacy Keach, Sr. as Judge Saveliy Kramarov as Olaf Tommy "Tiny" Lister as Bruno James Tolkan as Lou Brackman Glenn Withrow as Larry Lupik David Wohl as Prosecutor Teagan Clive as Staff Member Tito Puente as Band Leader Production The project was initially developed by Harold Ramis as a vehicle for Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. According to John Candy, John Carpenter was initially attached to direct. Carpenter stated that he dropped out of the project after Aykroyd stipulated that he would not star in the film unless the script was changed to culminate with a car chase. Ramis said the film "had died a quiet death, and then was resurrected by Brian Grazer, the producer.