Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American action comedy movie directed by Martin Brest, written by Daniel Petrie Jr. and starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop who visits Beverly Hills, California to solve the murder of his best friend. Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff and Jonathan Banks appear in supporting roles. This first movie in the Beverly Hills Cop series shot Murphy to international stardom, won the People's Choice Award for "Favorite Motion Picture" and was nominated for both the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1985. It earned $234 million at the North American domestic box office, making it the highest-grossing film released in 1984 in the U.S.
Cast
[change | change source]- Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley
- Lisa Eilbacher as Jenny Summers
- Steven Berkoff as Victor Maitland
- Judge Reinhold as Detective Billy Rosewood
- Ronny Cox as Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil
- John Ashton as Sergeant John Taggart
- James Russo as Mikey Tandino
- Stephen Elliott as Chief Hubbard
- Paul Reiser as Jeffrey
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