A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer who is on the trail of half a million dollars that went missing after one of his robberies.
21 October 1952, Utica, New York, USA
6 July 1946, USA
1956, California, USA
11 February 1941, Canton, Georgia, USA
27 December 1932, USA
27 June 1923, Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
1 April 1952, Houston, Texas, USA
14 May 1953, Lubbock, Texas, USA
3 June 1942, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
July 23, 1920
10 April 1960, Livonia, Michigan, USA
3 May 1948, Viroqua, Wisconsin, USA
12 June 1946, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
20 July 1940, Blythe, California, USA
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22 July 1944, Hollywood, California, USA
10 November 1947, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
16 November 1947, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
August 26, 2014
Violence, profanity, racial epithets in dated '80s movie.January 26, 2006
A down-the-line thriller, plain, fast and efficient.October 23, 2004
The movie's story is nothing to write home about. It's pretty routine. What makes the movie special is how it's made. Nolte and Murphy are good, and their dialogue is good, too -- quirky and funny.June 06, 2009
Neither jokes nor fast, flashy action can completely distract audiences from the failure to establish an authentic, rather than a purely conventional connection between Nolte and Murphy.August 30, 2004
[It] is more memorable for its characters than for its high style, more a series of energetic scenes than a collection of handsome imagery. It has life, ferocity and humor in place of icy, stylized elegance, and that seems more than a fair trade.July 06, 2010
One of the first buddy action movies, 48 Hrs. laid the ground work for the sub-genre that was at its best during the 1980's.October 26, 2008
The perfect buddy-cop movie! Murphy and Nolte are awesome!February 17, 2011
It remains one of the better action-comedy buddy pictures you'll find.April 06, 2011
A genuinely tetchy, risky race comedyMay 07, 2008
Fast-paced, frill-free action entertainment of the first order.March 01, 2007
All in all, a superior genre piece, if not the height of Hill's artistry.March 28, 2016
...a rather disappointing buddy comedy.