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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   20,498 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Roger Spottiswoode (written by) and
Walter Hill (written by) ...
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Release Date:
8 December 1982 (USA) more
Tagline:
When a tough cop has a cool convict as a partner and 48 hrs to catch a killer, a lot of funny things can happen in . . . 48 HRS. [Australia Theatrical] more
Plot:
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination more
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The boys are back in town!!! more (81 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Nick Nolte ... Jack Cates

Eddie Murphy ... Reggie Hammond
Annette O'Toole ... Elaine
Frank McRae ... Haden

James Remar ... Albert Ganz

David Patrick Kelly ... Luther
Sonny Landham ... Billy Bear

Brion James ... Ben Kehoe
Kerry Sherman ... Rosalie, Hostage Girl
Jonathan Banks ... Algren

James Keane ... Vanzant
Tara King ... Frizzy, Hotel Desk Clerk
Greta Blackburn ... Lisa, Blonde Hooker

Margot Rose ... Casey

Denise Crosby ... Sally
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
48 Hours (USA) (alternative spelling)
Forty Eight Hours (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:
96 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Australia:R | Singapore:PG (cut) | Netherlands:12 | USA:R (Certificate #26865) | UK:15 (2009) (uncut) | South Korea:15 (cable rating) | UK:18 (video rating) (1986) | Argentina:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1987) (cut version) | UK:18 (original rating) | West Germany:18
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Trivia:
David Patrick Kelly also played a character named "Luther" in The Warriors (1979), also directed by Walter Hill. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): During the "class isn't something you buy" scene when Jack & Reggie are following Luther, Jack says to Reggie class isn't something you buy and then says "...look at you, you've got a 500 dollar suit on and your still a lowlife." But earlier in the film when Reggie is first released and is wearing the suit he tells Jack that it was a $900.00 suit which Jack should have known later in the film. more
Quotes:
Jack: Class isn't something you buy. Look at you, you've got on a 500-dollar suit and you're still a low-life.
Reggie: Yeah, but I look good.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V) more
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ROXANNE more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
The boys are back in town!!!, 30 August 2003
8/10
Author: Scott LeBrun from Winnipeg, Canada

Nick Nolte plays Jack Cates, an edgy, sullen, and world-weary San Francisco police detective who temporarily paroles young convict Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) so Hammond can help him catch psychotic thief and murderer Albert Ganz (James Remar).

One of the first, and absolute best, "mismatched-partners" cop movies of all time, this is slick, funny, violent, and energetic. Nolte and Murphy make a good team. Murphy is especially funny, making his feature-film debut, as a smooth talker who's desperate to have some sex before he has to go back to prison. The scene where Hammond shakes things up in a redneck bar is admittedly one of the best scenes in the movie.

It really is a fine cast (unfortunately, Annette O'Toole, as Cates's long-suffering girlfriend, has nothing important to do) that includes some actors who have worked with director/co-writer Walter Hill on a fairly regular basis.

Many of the "mismatched-partners" cop movies released since this one just can't compare (excepting the "Lethal Weapon" movies, in my opinion).

8/10

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