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Dec 8, 1982 · 48 Hrs.: Directed by Walter Hill. With Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae. A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him in order to track down a killer.
- Walter Hill
- 3 min
Aug 4, 2022 · © Paramount Pictures (1982)Director: Walter HillWriters: Roger Spottiswoode, Walter Hill, Larry GrossStars: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank ...
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48 Hrs. (pronounced 'forty-eight hours') is a 1982 American buddy cop action comedy film directed and co-written by Walter Hill, co-written by Larry Gross, Steven E. de Souza and Roger Spottiswoode, and starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy (in his film debut) as a cop and a convict, respectively, who team up to catch two hardened criminals.
- December 8, 1982 (United States)
48 Hrs. (1982) Rated R. Sometimes an actor becomes a star in just one scene. Jack Nicholson did it in "Easy Rider," wearing the football helmet on the back of the motorcycle. It happened to Faye Dunaway when she looked sleepily out of a screen window at Warren Beatty in "Bonnie and Clyde." And in "48 Hrs.," it happens to Eddie Murphy.
Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help. The killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have the Black-white, cop-crook thing to work out make surprisingly good partners ...
