1984/12/05 (US) | Comedy, Crime, Action
He's been chased, thrown through a window and arrested. Eddie Murphy is a Detroit cop on vacation in Beverly Hills.
Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.
Daniel Petrie Jr.
Screenplay
Martin Brest
Director
Eddie Murphy
Axel Foley
Judge Reinhold
Det. Billy Rosewood
John Ashton
Sgt. Taggart
Lisa Eilbacher
Jenny Summers
Ronny Cox
Lt. Bogomil
Steven Berkoff
Victor Maitland
James Russo
Mikey Tandino
$ 14,000,000
$ 316,360,478
Released
Harold Faltermeyer
Original Music Composer
Jerry Bruckheimer
Producer
Arthur Coburn
Editor
Bruce Surtees
Director of Photography
Don Simpson
Producer
Peter Bogart
First Assistant Director