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48 Hrs.
48 Hrs. (pronounced 'forty-eight hours') is a 1982 American buddy cop action comedy film 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. The film is directed by Walter Hill, from a screenplay co-written with Larry Gross, Steven E. de Souza and Roger Spottiswoode. Titled after the amount of time the duo has to solve the crime, 48 Hrs. was Joel Silver's first title as a producer.
Though predated by Richard Rush's 1974 film Freebie and the Bean, the film is often credited as being the first in the "buddy cop" genre, later popularized by films such as Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys, and Rush Hour. Its supporting cast features Annette O'Toole, James Remar, Frank McRae, David Patrick Kelly, Sonny Landham, Jonathan Banks and Brion James. The musical score was composed by James Horner.
Released by Paramount Pictures on December 8, 1982, 48 Hrs. was one of the most commercially successful films of 1982, received widespread acclaim from critics, and launched Murphy's film career by earning him a Golden Globe Award nomination for New Star of the Year – Actor. A sequel, Another 48 Hrs., was released in 1990, also directed by Walter Hill, with Nolte and Murphy reprising their roles.
Murderer and robber Albert Ganz escapes from prison with the help of a member of his gang, Billy Bear. The criminals travel to San Francisco to recover money from Ganz's last robbery. Searching for the cash, they kill Henry Wong, a former member of the gang, then assault another former member, Luther Kelly. Luther admits that he knows where the money is but cannot retrieve it for a couple of days. Ganz and Billy kidnap Luther's girlfriend Rosalie as collateral.
Ganz and Billy use a stolen credit card for a hotel room, alerting the SFPD. Inspector Jack Cates joins Inspectors Algren and Van Zant at the hotel to investigate. Believing they are simply investigating a stolen card, the three officers are unaware of the danger. Ganz and Billy ambush and kill Algren and Van Zant, escaping with Jack's service revolver.
Wanting to avenge Algren and Van Zant, Jack visits another former member of Ganz's gang, Reggie Hammond, currently imprisoned for armed robbery with six months left in his sentence. Reggie becomes concerned when he learns that Ganz is loose and tells Jack he can assist him in tracking down Ganz if Jack gets him out of prison. Jack illegally forges a 48-hour release to put Reggie in his custody. Reggie brings Jack to Luther's apartment, where the duo captures him as he tries to flee. Luther refuses to admit he has seen Ganz. Jack becomes suspicious that Reggie is concealing something.
That night, Reggie leads Jack to a redneck hangout where Billy worked as a bartender. The duo gets a lead on Billy's girlfriend Casey, who lives in Chinatown with Ganz's girlfriend Sally. Jack and Reggie visit the apartment, but the women deny having seen the fugitives. Tensions between Reggie and Jack finally erupt into a fistfight that is broken up by a pair of patrol officers. Reggie admits to Jack that three years earlier, he, Ganz, Billy, Luther, and Henry robbed a drug dealer of $500,000; the money is stashed in the trunk of Reggie's Porsche in a downtown parking garage.
Hoping to rescue his girlfriend, Luther retrieves Reggie's car from the garage when it opens the next day, unaware that Reggie and Jack are staking out the location. They tail him to a Muni station where Ganz and Billy are waiting for the money. When Ganz notices Jack, a shootout occurs, with Ganz and Billy escaping after Billy kills a cop. Reggie chases after Luther, leaving Jack behind. Left with nothing, Jack returns to the police station. However, Reggie calls him from a nightclub in the Fillmore District. Jack joins Reggie there and learns that Reggie has tracked Luther to a hotel across the street. Jack, humbled, apologizes for continuously berating and insulting Reggie.
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48 Hrs.
48 Hrs. (pronounced 'forty-eight hours') is a 1982 American buddy cop action comedy film 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. The film is directed by Walter Hill, from a screenplay co-written with Larry Gross, Steven E. de Souza and Roger Spottiswoode. Titled after the amount of time the duo has to solve the crime, 48 Hrs. was Joel Silver's first title as a producer.
Though predated by Richard Rush's 1974 film Freebie and the Bean, the film is often credited as being the first in the "buddy cop" genre, later popularized by films such as Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys, and Rush Hour. Its supporting cast features Annette O'Toole, James Remar, Frank McRae, David Patrick Kelly, Sonny Landham, Jonathan Banks and Brion James. The musical score was composed by James Horner.
Released by Paramount Pictures on December 8, 1982, 48 Hrs. was one of the most commercially successful films of 1982, received widespread acclaim from critics, and launched Murphy's film career by earning him a Golden Globe Award nomination for New Star of the Year – Actor. A sequel, Another 48 Hrs., was released in 1990, also directed by Walter Hill, with Nolte and Murphy reprising their roles.
Murderer and robber Albert Ganz escapes from prison with the help of a member of his gang, Billy Bear. The criminals travel to San Francisco to recover money from Ganz's last robbery. Searching for the cash, they kill Henry Wong, a former member of the gang, then assault another former member, Luther Kelly. Luther admits that he knows where the money is but cannot retrieve it for a couple of days. Ganz and Billy kidnap Luther's girlfriend Rosalie as collateral.
Ganz and Billy use a stolen credit card for a hotel room, alerting the SFPD. Inspector Jack Cates joins Inspectors Algren and Van Zant at the hotel to investigate. Believing they are simply investigating a stolen card, the three officers are unaware of the danger. Ganz and Billy ambush and kill Algren and Van Zant, escaping with Jack's service revolver.
Wanting to avenge Algren and Van Zant, Jack visits another former member of Ganz's gang, Reggie Hammond, currently imprisoned for armed robbery with six months left in his sentence. Reggie becomes concerned when he learns that Ganz is loose and tells Jack he can assist him in tracking down Ganz if Jack gets him out of prison. Jack illegally forges a 48-hour release to put Reggie in his custody. Reggie brings Jack to Luther's apartment, where the duo captures him as he tries to flee. Luther refuses to admit he has seen Ganz. Jack becomes suspicious that Reggie is concealing something.
That night, Reggie leads Jack to a redneck hangout where Billy worked as a bartender. The duo gets a lead on Billy's girlfriend Casey, who lives in Chinatown with Ganz's girlfriend Sally. Jack and Reggie visit the apartment, but the women deny having seen the fugitives. Tensions between Reggie and Jack finally erupt into a fistfight that is broken up by a pair of patrol officers. Reggie admits to Jack that three years earlier, he, Ganz, Billy, Luther, and Henry robbed a drug dealer of $500,000; the money is stashed in the trunk of Reggie's Porsche in a downtown parking garage.
Hoping to rescue his girlfriend, Luther retrieves Reggie's car from the garage when it opens the next day, unaware that Reggie and Jack are staking out the location. They tail him to a Muni station where Ganz and Billy are waiting for the money. When Ganz notices Jack, a shootout occurs, with Ganz and Billy escaping after Billy kills a cop. Reggie chases after Luther, leaving Jack behind. Left with nothing, Jack returns to the police station. However, Reggie calls him from a nightclub in the Fillmore District. Jack joins Reggie there and learns that Reggie has tracked Luther to a hotel across the street. Jack, humbled, apologizes for continuously berating and insulting Reggie.