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48 Hrs. (pronounced 'forty-eight hours') is a 1982 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Walter Hill, from a screenplay co-written with Larry Gross, Steven E. de Souza and Roger Spottiswoode. It stars Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy (the latter in his film debut) as a cop and a convict, respectively, who team up to catch two hardened ...
Brion Howard James (February 20, 1945 – August 7, 1999) was an American character actor.He portrayed Leon Kowalski in Blade Runner and appeared in Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs., Another 48 Hrs., Silverado, Tango & Cash, Red Heat, The Player, and The Fifth Element.
Remar has spent the majority of his film career playing villains. He portrayed the violent gang member Ajax in the cult film The Warriors (1979), [7] and the murdering sociopath Albert Ganz in the hit 48 Hrs. (1982). Both films were directed by Walter Hill. Remar also played real-life 1930s-era gangster Dutch Schultz in The Cotton Club (1984). [8]
48 Hrs. became the seventh highest grossing movie of 1982, ushered in the era of the “buddy cop” movie and led to a 1990 sequel, Another 48 Hrs. Show comments Advertisement
(1982) Often credited as the first buddy cop movie, "48 Hrs." laid the groundwork with comedic moments, high stakes, action sequences, and the protagonists' phenomenal chemistry.
The BusBoys is an American rock and roll band known for its association with Eddie Murphy and performing in the film 48 Hrs. Formed in Los Angeles in the late 1970s, the original lineup featured brothers Brian O'Neal (keyboards, vocals) and Kevin O'Neal (bass, vocals), Gus Loundermon [1] [2] (sometimes misspelled as "Gus Louderman") (vocals), Mike Jones (keyboards, vocals), Vic Johnson (guitar ...
[31] [32] In 1982, Murphy made his big-screen debut in the film 48 Hrs. with Nick Nolte. [15] 48 Hrs. proved to be a hit when it was released during the Christmas season of 1982. Nolte was scheduled to host the December 11, 1982, Christmas episode of Saturday Night Live, but became too ill to host, so Murphy took over. He became the only cast ...
48 Hrs., a 1982 American action comedy film, starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy; 48 Hours, an American news/documentary TV program that has aired on CBS since 1988 "48 Hours" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), a television episode "48 Hours" (Stargate SG-1), a television episode; 48 Hour Film Project, a short-film competition