48 Hrs.

48 Hrs. is a 1982 American buddy cop action comedy movie directed by Walter Hill. The screenplay was written by Walter Hill, Roger Spottiswoode, Larry Gross, Steven E. de Souza, and Jeb Stuart. It was the first movie Joel Silver was involved in as a movie producer. It has an 87-minute runtime. 48 Hrs. was released on December 8, 1982.

The movie stars Nick Nolte (as a cop, Jack Cates), and Eddie Murphy (in his "big screen" debut, and Golden Globe Award-nominated role as convict Reggie Hammond). Cates gets Hammond a temporary release from incarceration, then the couple team up to catch two cop-killers, Albert Ganz (played by James Remar) and Billy Bear (played by Sonny Landham). The title refers to the amount of time they have to solve the crime (48 hours; two days).

48 Hrs. is often credited as being the first movie in the "buddy cop" genre, which included the subsequent films Beverly Hills Cop (also starring Murphy), Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys and Rush Hour.

A sequel, Another 48 Hrs., with both leads returning, was released on June 8, 1990.

Cast

• Nick Nolte as Jack Cates
• Eddie Murphy as Reggie Hammond
• Annette O'Toole as Elaine Marshall
• Frank McRae as Captain Haden
• James Remar as Albert Ganz
• David Patrick Kelly as Luther
• Sonny Landham as Billy Bear
• Brion James as Ben Kehoe

Other websites

• 48 Hrs. at Letterboxd