Beverly Hills Cop

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 45m
  •  (1)
  • 66

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Martin Brest

Producer:

Jerry Bruckheimer, Mike Moder, Don Simpson

Writer:

Daniel Petrie Jr., Danilo Bach

Release Date:

Dec 5, 1984

Runtime:

1hr 45m

Synopsis

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.

Cast

  • Eddie Murphy
  • Judge Reinhold
  • John Ashton
  • Lisa Eilbacher
  • Ronny Cox
  • Steven Berkoff
  • James Russo
  • Jonathan Banks
  • Stephen Elliott
  • Gilbert R. Hill

Did You Know?

Trivia

  • During his tirade at the Beverly Palms Hotel, Axel pretends to be writing an article called "Michael Jackson: Sitting on Top of the World" for "Rolling Stone" magazine. In real life, "Playboy" ran an article called "Eddie Murphy: Sitting on Top of the World."
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Goofs

  • When Axel and Mikey are playing pool in the bar at the beginning of the movie, Mikey's wristwatch disappears and reappears between shots.
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Quotes

    • [Axel pretends to be a male hustler]
    • Axel Foley: Tell Victor that Ramon - -the fella he met about a week ago? - -tell him that Ramon went to the clinic today, and I found out that I have, um, herpes simplex 10, and I think Victor should go check himself out with his physician to make sure everything is fine before things start falling off on the man.
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Based on 11 Critics
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USER SCORE (129)

Universal acclaim based on 129 Reviews
88

In a sense, the film only works because, in the real world, the system is rigged against someone like Axel Foley. Yet when Murphy seizes the screen, all bets are off, resulting in a work of racial subversion that’s both hilarious and cathartic.

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Josh Larsen
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75

In Hollywood terms, Beverly Hills Cop harks back to the semi- good old days, to the studio era when stars were not always relied on to fix everything - this is unquestionably a star vehicle, but the star, an employee of his own production company, has been smart enough to surround himself with other, by no means lesser lights. [4 Dec. 1984]

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Metacritic review by Jay Scott
Jay Scott
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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