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| Title: | Beverly Hills Cop |
| Genres: | Comedy Action |
| Directed by: | Martin Brest |
| Written by: | Daniel Petrie, Jr.; Danilo Bach |
| Produced by: | Jerry Bruckheimer; Linda Horner; Mike Moder; Don Simpson |
| Music by: | Harold Faltermeyer |
| Cinematography: | Bruce Surtees |
| Edited by: | Arthur Coburn; Billy Weber |
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| Distributed by: | Paramount Pictures |
| Released: | December 5th, 1984 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 105 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $14,000,000 |
| Gross: | $229,909,722 (US) $316,360,478 (Worldwide) |
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Beverly Hills Cop is an American feature film of the comedy and action genres. It was directed by Martin Brest and written by Daniel Petrie, Jr. and Danilo Bach. It was produced by Paramount Pictures and premiered in the United States on December 5th, 1984. The film stars Eddie Murphy in the role of Detroit police detective Axel Foley. To solve the murder of his partner and childhood friend, Foley takes some "vacation" time to Beverly Hills to work on the case. He teams up with two uptight and by-the-book L.A. detectives named Taggart and Rosewood, played respectively by John Ashton and Judge Reinhold.
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Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
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| Eddie Murphy | Axel Foley |
| Judge Reinhold | Detective Billy Rosewood |
| John Ashton | Sergeant Taggart |
| Lisa Eilbacher | Jenny Summers |
| Ronny Cox | Lieutenant Bogmil |
| Steven Berkoff | Victor Maitland |
| James Russo | Mikey Tandino |
| Jonathan Banks | Zack |
| Stephen Elliott | Chief Hubbard |
| Gilbert R. Hill | Inspector Todd |
| Art Kimbro | Detective Foster |
| Joel Bailey | Detective McCabe |
| Bronson Pinchot | Serge |
| Paul Reiser | Jeffrey |
| Michael Champion | Casey |
| Frank Pesce | Cigarette buyer |
| Gene Borkan | Truck driver |
| Michael Gregory | Hotel manager |
| Alice Cadogan | Hotel clerk |
| Philip Levien | Donny |
| Karen Mayo-Chandler | Maitland receptionist |
| Gerald Berns | Beverly Hills cop #1 |
| William Wallace | Beverly Hills cop #2 |
| Israel Juarbe | Room service waiter |
| Randy Vasquez | Bell hop |
| Damon Wayans | Banana man |
| Chuck Adamson | Crate opener #1 |
| Chip Heller | Crater opener #2 |
| Rick Overton | Bonded warehouse night supervisor |
| Rex Ryan | Bonded warehouse security guard |
| Mike Pniewski | Bonded warehouse clerk #1 |
| Douglas Warhit | Bonded warehouse clerk #2 |
| Paul Drake | Holdup man #1 |
| Tom Everett | Holdup man #2 |
| Sally Kishbaugh | Waitress |
| Barry Shade | Valet |
| Jack Heller | Harrow Club maitre D'. |
| Michael Harrington | Harrow Club arresting officer |
| David Wells | Dispatcher |
| Scott Murphy | Detective Owensby |
| Dennis Madden | 1st Detroit cop |
| John Achorn | 2nd Detroit cop |
| John Pettis | 3rd Detroit cop |
| Nicholas Shields | Detroit station cop #1 |
| Carl Weintraub | Detroit station cop #2 |
| Anthony De Fonte | Detroit station cop #3 |
| Darwyn Carson | Barmaid |
| Mark E. Corry | Pool player |
| Thomas J. Hageboeck | Maitland body guard |
| Earl Jolly Brown | Bar patron |
| Martin Brest | Beverly Palms Hotel clerk |
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Notes[]
- Beverly Hills Cop reidrects to this page. BHC may also be used as a shortcut.
- Copyright holder: © Paramount Pictures Corporation.
- Production on Beverly Hills Cop began on May 14th, 1984. Principal photography concluded in August, 1984.
Fun Facts[]
- Taglines for this film include, "The heat is on!", "In Detroit a cop learns to take the heat. In L.A. he learns to keep his cool.", and "He's been chased, thrown through a window, and arrested. Eddie Murphy is a Detroit cop on vacation in Beverly Hills."
- Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold and Gilbert R. Hill are the only actors to appear in all three installments of the Beverly Hills Cop film series.
Recommendations[]
1980s comedies
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External Links[]
- Beverly Hills Cop at AMG
- Beverly Hills Cop at IMDB
- Beverly Hills Cop at Wikipedia
- Beverly Hills Cop at Themoviedb.org
- Beverly Hills Cop at Rotten Tomatoes
- Beverly Hills Cop at Turner Classic Movies
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