Beverly Hills Cop

Beverly Hills Cop Movie Details:

Beverly Hills Cop Movie Cast & Characters:

• Eddie Murphy as Detective Axel Foley
• Judge Reinhold as Detective William “Billy” Rosewood
• John Ashton as Sergeant John Taggart
• Lisa Eilbacher as Jeanette “Jenny” Summers
• Steven Berkoff as Victor Maitland
• Ronny Cox as Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil
• James Russo as Michael “Mikey” Tandino
• Stephen Elliott as Chief Hubbard
• Paul Reiser as Jeffrey Friedman
• Bronson Pinchot as Serge
• Jonathan Banks as Zack
• Michael Champion as Casey
• Frank Pesce as Cigarette Buyer
• Gilbert R. Hill as Inspector Douglas Todd
• Damon Wayans as Banana Man
• Martin Brest as Beverly Palms Hotel Checkout Clerk

Storyline:

After the murder of his childhood friend, the slick Detroit detective, Axel Foley, heads to sunny Beverly Hills, on a one-man mission to ferret out the killer and bring him to justice. Before long, Axel and his unorthodox methods unearth the lucrative drug operation of the powerful local crime kingpin, Victor Maitland; however, Foley, too, will find himself in deep trouble, as Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil wants him out of town. Now, Axel will have to team up with Detectives, John Taggart, and Billy Rosewood, to shed light on the thick conspiracy, and finish what he has started. Will Foley’s total disregard for proper procedure bear fruit?

About Beverly Hills Cop Movie:

Beverly Hills Cop is an American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Martin Brest, with a screenplay by Daniel Petrie Jr., and story by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie Jr. It stars Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit detective who visits Beverly Hills, California, to solve the murder of his best friend. Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff, Paul Reiser, and Jonathan Banks appear in supporting roles.

The film was budgeted at $14 million, including $4 million for Murphy, and was completed for around $13 million. Production began in May 1984 and continued into the summer, taking place mostly in and around Los Angeles. The opening sequence was filmed over several days in Michigan, in Detroit and nearby Wayne. Many scenes set in Beverly Hills were shot in Pasadena, as the city of Beverly Hills prohibited filming after 10:30 p.m.

Beverly Hills Cop was released on December 5, 1984, in 1,532 theaters.

This first film in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise shot Murphy to international stardom, won the People’s Choice Award for “Favorite Motion Picture”, and was nominated for both the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1985. An immediate blockbuster, it received positive reviews and earned $234 million at the North American domestic box office, making it the highest-grossing film released in the U.S. in 1984.

Adjusted for inflation, it is the highest-grossing R-rated film in the U.S. since 1977, with a total box office gross of $730,714,743 in 2024 dollars.

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