Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

 

Release Date: December 5, 1984

Director: Martin Brest

Writer(s): Daniel Petrie, Jr. 

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton

Estimated budget: $14 million

U.S. Box office: $234,760,478 

Foreign: $81,600,000

Worldwide: $316,360,478

 

After his childhood buddy is murdered while visiting Detroit, rebellious cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) follows the leads to Beverly Hills, Calif., under the auspices of a vacation. He checks in with old friend Jenny Summers (Lisa Eilbacher) and starts to believe her boss, art dealer Victor Maitland (Steven Berkoff), might somehow be involved in the murder. However, Lt. Bogomil (Ronny Cox) of the Beverly Hills Police Department does not trust Foley, and hinders his search for evidence.