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Genres:
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Action /
Comedy /
Crime /
Drama /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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Walter Hill
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Actors:
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Brion James,
Frank McRae,
James Keane,
Margot Rose,
Kerry Sherman,
Tara King,
Greta Blackburn,
Nick Nolte,
Eddie Murphy,
Annette O'Toole,
James Remar,
David Patrick Kelly,
Sonny Landham,
Jonathan Banks,
Denise Crosby
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Duration:
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97 min.
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Rating:
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(6.9/10)129
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Plot Summary:
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Oddball cop and tough customer, Jack Cates is the no greater than survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the cutthroat collects Reggie Hammond from jail object of 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to serve. The killer-diller from Manila is searching for his stash of legal tender. Cates and Hammond who comprise the Dusky-wan, cop-crook mechanism to under way out make surprisingly good partners as they navigate through the conurbation looking for their suspect.
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48 Hrs.
Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy star in Walter Hill's fast and furious cop comedy. Murphy is the motor-mouthed crook who helps cynical cop Nolte avenge the death of the latter's former associates
Unlikely though it may have seemed at the time, this no-frills action-comedy effectively set the tone for dozens of lesser 80s buddy movies. With its mismatched macho duo, its ferocious dialogue and skeletal plot it makes no claims for sophistication. What it does boast, however, is an explosive performance by Eddie Murphy (making his movie debut) and a cheerful disregard for anything approaching political correctness.
Simply plotted, no-nonsense San Francisco cop Jack Cates (Nolte) wants to avenge the death of two of his partners. Going it alone, he arranges for gang...
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