Starsky & Hutch (film) The film also switches the personalities of the title characters. While in the TV show, Starsky was curious and streetwise, and Hutch was by-the-book, in the film, Starsky is the serious cop, and Hutch is laid-back. There are four Frat Pack members in this film, although not all are in major roles. In the 1970s, detectives David Starsky and Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson work for the Bay City Police Department. Starsky (Ben Stiller) is a loud, macho acting cop who loves his Ford Gran Torino, and recklessly pursues people for minor offenses, while Hutchinson (Owen Wilson), is a cool easy-going cop,
Magnum Force situation. If you've got seventy percent of a shot worked out, that's sufficient for him, because he knows his audience will accept it." The film would launch a number of careers, including David Soul ("Starsky & Hutch" television series), Robert Urich ("S.W.A.T.", "Vega$" and "Spenser for Hire") and Tim Matheson ("Animal House" and "Fletch"). Future "Three's Company" TV star Suzanne Somers can be seen as the topless blonde at the mobster's pool party. The film received negative publicity in 1974 when it was discovered that the scene where the prostitute is killed with drain cleaner had allegedly inspired the infamous