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Beverly Hills Cop
Fast-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.
1984 · Directed by Martin Brest · 105 min · Comedy · Crime · Action · 22 frames
Tagline
He's been chased, thrown through a window and arrested. Eddie Murphy is a Detroit cop on vacation in Beverly Hills.
Crew
- Screenplay: Daniel Petrie Jr.
- Cinematography: Bruce Surtees
- Edited by: Arthur Coburn, Billy Weber
- Music: Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey
- Production design: Angelo P. Graham
- Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Simpson
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
- James Russo as Mikey Tandino
- Jonathan Banks as Zack
- Stephen Elliott as Chief Hubbard
- Gilbert R. Hill as Inspector Todd
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures, Eddie Murphy Productions, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
- Budget: $14,000,000
- Box office: $316,360,478
- Themes: showdown, drug smuggling, undercover, cocaine, strip club, gunfight, mansion, los angeles, california, foot chase, art gallery
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