Beverly Hills Cop

He's been chased, thrown through a window and arrested. Eddie Murphy is a Detroit cop on vacation in Beverly Hills.

7.219841h 45m

Released

Comedy

Crime

Action

Overview

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1984-12-05

Runtime1h 45m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Budget$14,000,000

Revenue$316,360,478

Beverly Hills Cop Collection

4 Films

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Beverly Hills Cop is a series of action-comedy films starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop who travels to Beverly Hills, California to investigate crimes out of his jurisdiction, and help his friends, local detectives Rosewood and Taggart, solve crimes.

Beverly Hills Cop

1984

Beverly Hills Cop II

1987

Beverly Hills Cop III

1994

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

2024

Videos

5 total

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Cast & Crew

Eddie Murphy

as Axel Foley

Judge Reinhold

as Det. Billy Rosewood

John Ashton

as Sgt. Taggart

Lisa Eilbacher

as Jenny Summers

Ronny Cox

as Lt. Bogomil

Steven Berkoff

as Victor Maitland

James Russo

as Mikey Tandino

Jonathan Banks

as Zack

Stephen Elliott

as Chief Hubbard

Gilbert R. Hill

as Inspector Todd

Reviews

John Chard

Dec 31, 2018

The heat is on - indeed! Cocky rule dodging Detroit Cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) heads to Beverly Hills in search of those responsible for murdering his friend. Upon getting there he falls foul of everyone he meets due to his tough Detroit approach work. Undaunted, Foley, aided by old friend Jenny Summers (Lisa Eilbacher) and two intrigued loca…

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CinemaSerf

Feb 26, 2023

7/10

This is probably my favourite outing for a fresh-faced and wise-cracking Eddie Murphy. He ("Axel Foley") is the cop from Detroit who finds himself embroiled in some criminal antics in the upper class and distinctly by-the-book LA suburb of Beverly Hills. Despite the serious reservations of "Lt. Bogomil" (Ronny Cox) he ends up working with two of hi…

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6.5