The film became a hit and the rest is movie history. Nolte reprises his role as san francisco police officer jack cates, who has 48 hours to clear his name from a manslaughter charge. The film tells the story of gruff san francisco cop jack cates nolte, who must track down escaped convict albert ganz james remar with the temporary help of a street smart criminal named reggie hammond murphy within 48 hours. Directed by walter hill and starring nick nolte, eddie murphy, annette o\toole and frank mcrae. Oct 09, 2011 a variation on the buddycop hybridized genre, 48 hrs. This unlikely partnership trades laughs as often as punches as both pursue their. From a regular on saturday night live 19942000 to an academy award nomination, eddie murphy has indeed come a long way. The american actor, singer, writer, musician and comedian made his movie debut in the 1982 film 48 hours for which he got a golden globe nomination for new star of the year. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
Check out more 48 hours video, featuring the latest indepth coverage from our news team. Both films were major hits, and both popped almost entirely because of murphy, who mercilessly stole them from his older and betterestablished white costars. The screenplay was written by hill, roger spottiswoode, larry. Eddie murphy was at the onset of his illustrious movie career in 1982. Murphy was on snl when he made his first two movies. The screenplay was written by hill, roger spottiswoode, larry gross and steven e. Erin moriartys my life of crime an original truecrime podcast for fans of 48 hours. Eddie murphy made an auspicious film debut alongside veteran nick noltes consummate performance as a worn cop.
In the film san francisco police officer jack cates, who has 48 hours to clear his name from a potential manslaughter charge. Nick nolte and eddie murphy in 48 hours the new york. This movie is not actually the first ever movie to be titled 48 hrs. Rains in coastal andhra to continue for next 48 hrs. Released by intrada in 2011 special collection volume 155 containing music from 48 hrs. Murphy has actually made beverly hills cop i and ii during this time span. The name of the song that reggie hammond eddie murphy sings in prison was stings roxanne. A criminal named billy bear sonny landham helps his convict partner albert ganz james remar escape from police custody. The film stars nick nolte and eddie murphy in his film debut and golden globe award nominated role as a cop and.
This double feature presents both films in eddie murphys popular 48 hrs series. For some though 48 hrs slips below the radar among those minor cult films from the now 72 year old director, but it still has all his trademark visuals and frenetic actionheavy aesthetics. They end up in a san francisco hotel under assumed names. Most of the movie was shot in the sf area of northern california. A hardnosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wisecracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer. The scene where eddie murphy and nick nolte follow an informant into a subway station was filmed at the church street station muni subway stop in san francisco. A variation on the buddycop hybridized genre, 48 hrs. Trailer 1 a big boxoffice hit, this action film casts nolte. The frequent violence and gunplay, sex and nudity, and profanity fk is common alone give this a solid rrating. When a pair of reckless copkillers break out of prison, grizzled detective jack cates nolte is left no alternative but to spring fasttalking hustler reggie hammond murphy from the penitentiary in order to find the.
In beverly hills cop, murphy didnt have to worry about a costar. It strikes me how there were eight years between films here. M4ufree 123 movies, free movie, best movies, watch movie online, watch 48 hrs 1982 movie online, free movie 48 hrs 1982 with english subtitles, watch 48 hrs 1982 full movie, watch 48 hrs 1982 in hd quality online for free, 48 hrs 1982, download 48 hrs 1982, watch 48 hrs 1982 with hd streaming. Aug 15, 20 hungover for a surprisingly racist 48 hrs. When a pair of reckless copkillers break out of prison, grizzled detective jack cates nolte is left no alternative but to spring fasttalking hustler reggie hammond murphy from the penitentiary in order to find the criminals. This billing order would be reversed for the movie s 1990 sequel another 48 hrs. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing 48 hrs. This odd couple has only 48 hours to solve the crime before reggie has to. Marking an auspicious feature film debut for eddie murphy, 48 hrs. The mhm podcast network movie synopsis and film summary of 48 hrs. Links go to the internet movie database laserdisc database buy it at buy posters from buy posters from moviegoods buy this soundtrack from.
The title refers to the amount of time they have to solve the crime. The tune is reprized by murphy in the film s another 48 hrs. Sometimes an actor becomes a star in just one scene. Action films with biracial pairings include the 1982 film 48 hours starring eddie murphy and nick nolte and the 1987 film lethal weapon starring mel gibson and danny glover. He cant do it without the help of smooth and dapper murphy, who is serving time for a halfmillion dollar robbery. R action, comedy, adventure movie 1990 at the end of a sevenyear stint in prison, reggie hammond gets a visit from his old pal jack cates.
It happened to faye dunaway when she looked sleepily out of a screen window at warren beatty in bonnie and clyde. A hardnosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wisecracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a. Scarlett johansson landed two oscar nominations this year, but here are 15 roles she almost played throughout her career. First of three collaborations of actorstar nick nolte and writerdirector walter hill. Nolte is a roughedged cop after two vicious copkillers. Imdb a hardnosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wisecracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer. Bluray disc, 2011 at the best online prices at ebay. Rather than opt for a pure laughfest, murphy got a colead role in a comedyaction hybrid. With nick nolte, eddie murphy, annette otoole, frank mcrae.
Staring nick nolte, eddie murphy, james remar and annette otoole. Its hard to believe that this was eddie murphys first film role. One of a number of collaborations of producers joel silver and lawrence gordon. Before the actionoriented buddy movie formula settled into place in the 1980s and 1990s with the lethal weapon films, walter hills 48 hrs. Nick nolte was top first billed whilst eddie murphy received second billing. We aint partners, we aint brothers and we aint friends. He eventually recruits a conman eddie murphy to help him and. In 48 hrs 1982, jack cates nick nolte is a tough, superjaded cop who springs a hard luck robber, reggie hammond eddie murphy, from jail for two days to help nab his former partners.
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