Beverly Hills Cop (Eddie Murphy)

Directed by
   Martin Brest

Writing credits
   Danilo Bach (story)
   Daniel Petrie Jr. (also story)

Genre: Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller

Tagline: The Heat Is On!

Plot Outline: A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills. (view trailer)

User Comments: Detroit cop Axel Foley is delighted when he receives a surprise visit from his best friend Mikey Tandino, who lives in California. Not long after Mikey arrives in Detroit, Mikey is killed, right in front of Axel, by a man named Zack. Axel follows Zack to Beverly Hills, California, where Beverly Hills police department Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil assigns Detective Billy Rosewood and Rosewood's partner, Sergeant John Taggart, to keep an eye on Axel. Axel visits his friend Jenny Summers, who works in an art gallery. With Jenny's help, Axel discovers that Zack works for Jenny's boss, Victor Maitland, the man who owns the art gallery. Maitland is a drug kingpin who is using the gallery as a front, and Maitland had Zack kill Mikey after Maitland accused Mikey of stealing some of Maitland's bonds. With the help of Jenny, Billy, and Taggart, Axel does what he can to make sure Maitland and Zack won't kill any more people.

User Rating: 7.1/10 (16,162 votes)

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Eddie Murphy	....	Det. Axel Foley
	Judge Reinhold	....	Det. William 'Billy' Rosewood
	John Ashton	....	Det. Sgt. John Taggart
	Lisa Eilbacher	....	Jeannette 'Jenny' Summers
	Ronny Cox	....	Lt. Andrew Bogomil
	Steven Berkoff	....	Victor Maitland
	James Russo	....	Mikey Tandino
	Jonathan Banks	....	Zack, Maitland's Thug
	Stephen Elliott	....	Police Chief Hubbard
	Gilbert R. Hill	....	Insp. Douglas Todd
	Art Kimbro	....	Det. Foster
	Joel Bailey	....	Det. McCabe
	Bronson Pinchot	....	Serge
	Paul Reiser	....	Jeffrey
	Michael Champion	....	Casey

Runtime: 105 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix: Dolby
Certification: Argentina:16 / Australia:M / Chile:18 / Finland:K-16 / Ireland:15 / Netherlands:AL / Norway:16 (1985) / Sweden:15 / UK:15 / USA:R / West Germany:12 / South Korea:15 (DVD)

Trivia: Eddie Murphy improvised much of his comic dialogue, as did John Ashton and Judge Reinhold. Literally hundreds of takes were ruined by cast members or actors (or the director himself), who were unable to stop laughing during shooting because of this. During the "super-cops" dialogue, Taggart ('John Ashton' ) is pinching his face hard and looking down in apparent frustration. If you look closely, you can see that he is actually laughing.

User Comments:
Murphy at his best!, 27 February 2003
Author: george.schmidt from fairview, nj

Beverly Hills Cop Eddie Murphy, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Paul Reiser, Bronson Pinchot. Murphy, hot off his debut in `48 HRS' wisely continued to ride his rising star in this his first starring vehicle, tailor-made for his fast-talking, fun-loving, street-smart persona as Detroit undercover cop Axel Foley in this blockbuster hit who heads to posh Beverly Hills to investigate the murder of a good friend mixed up in a drug smuggler's art dealer front headed by equally good friend Eilbacher, and faster than you can say fish-out-of-water he's rousted by Beverly Hills finest, Ashton and Reihold a modern day Laurel and Hardy if you will, only to continue to fluster as he tries to unearth the muck in the richest city in America. Pinchot steals the show as the effete, espresso hawiking art shop clerk Serge. Lots of laughs and a good blend of action (this was once earmarked for Sylvester Stallone!) and sprinkled with pop tunes that led to an even bigger soundtrack goldmine. Waycool instrumental theme music via Harold Faltemeyer.

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