Storyline
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Directors
Cast
Eddie Murphy, James Remar, Jonathan Banks, Nick Nolte, Matt Landers, Peter Jason, Ned Dowd, Chris Mulkey, R. D. Call, Nick Dimitri, Frank McRae, John Dennis Johnston, Sonny Landham, Annette O'Toole, Angela Robinson, David Patrick Kelly, Brion James, Todd Allen, Begonya Plaza, Sandy Martin, Walter Scott, Luis Contreras, James Keane, Denise Crosby, Jack Thibeau, Rock A. Walker, Kerry Sherman, Tara King, Greta Blackburn, Margot Rose, Olivia Brown, Bill Dearth, Jim Haynie, Jon St. Elwood, Clare Nono, Bill Cross, Marcelino Sanchez, Bennie Dobbins, W. T. Zacha, Loyd Catlett, B. G. Fisher, Reid Cruickshanks, Brenda Venus, Gloria Gifford, Dave Moordigian, J. Wesley Huston, Gary Pettinger, Marquerita Wallace, Jack Lightsy, John Hauk, Bob Yanez, Clint Smith, Suzanne M. Regard, Ola Ray, Bjaye Turner
Trailer
Reviews
88
What makes the movie special is how it's made. Nolte and Murphy are good, and their dialogue is good, too - quirky and funny.
88
Together Cates and Hammond take a thrill-a-minute trip through the San Francisco underworld and along the way develop one of the 1980s' more interesting cinematic buddy pairings.
80
Empire
That the fact they come to appreciate one other, the grudging respect of a million clichés, feels so satisfyingly, shows just how successful the film is.
80
The New York Times
Walter Hill, the director of such beautiful but stilted tough guy movies as ''The Warriors'' and ''The Long Riders,'' has attempted something very different in 48 Hours a male-buddy action film that's positively witty and warm-hearted compared with his other work.
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
A quick and clever thriller as nasty as a piece of shrapnel snapping the sound barrier, 48 Hrs. is as violent as it is funny. It is very funny. [03 Dec 1982]
