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Beverly Hills Cop
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7.2Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.
Cast
- Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley
- Judge Reinhold as Det. Billy Rosewood
- John Ashton as Sgt. Taggart
- Lisa Eilbacher as Jenny Summers
- Ronny Cox as Lt. Bogomil
- Steven Berkoff as Victor Maitland
Themes
- showdown
- drug smuggling
- undercover
- cocaine
- strip club
- gunfight
- mansion
- los angeles, california
- foot chase
- art gallery
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
227,862 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 1984
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 7 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Martin Brest
- Screenplay by
- Daniel Petrie Jr.
- Story by
- Danilo Bach Daniel Petrie Jr.
- Produced by
- Don Simpson Jerry Bruckheimer
- Starring
- Eddie Murphy
- Cinematography
- Bruce Surtees
- Edited by
- Billy Weber Arthur Coburn
- Music by
- Harold Faltermeyer
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Eddie Murphy Productions
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release dates
- December 1, 1984 ( 1984-12-01 ) (Los Angeles) December 5, 1984 ( 1984-12-05 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $13 million
- Box office
- $316.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Beverly Hills Cop
- Director
- Martin Brest
- Screenwriter
- Daniel Petrie
- Cast member
- Michael Campbell
- Composer
- Harold Faltermeyer
- Producer
- Don Simpson
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Bruce Surtees
- Narrative location
- Detroit
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 259057
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 9 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Beverly Hills Cop (franchise)
- publication date
- 1984-00-00
- title
- Beverly Hills Cop
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 14000000
- box office
- 316360478
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 7.4/10
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Encyclopedic overview
Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Martin Brest, with a screenplay by Daniel Petrie Jr., and story by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie Jr. It stars Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit detective who visits Beverly Hills, California, to solve the murder of his best friend. Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff, Jonathan Banks, and Paul Reiser appear in supporting roles.
The film was released theatrically in the United States on December 5, 1984, by Paramount Pictures. An immediate blockbuster, it received positive reviews and grossed $316.4 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film released of 1984 in the US. The film shot Murphy to international stardom, won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture, and was nominated for both the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1985. Beverly Hills Cop spawned a franchise that includes three sequels, beginning with Beverly Hills Cop II (1987).
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