Beverly Hills Cop

Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American action comedy movie directed by Martin Brest, written by Daniel Petrie Jr. and starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop who visits Beverly Hills, California to solve the murder of his best friend. Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff and Jonathan Banks appear in supporting roles. This first movie in the Beverly Hills Cop series 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. It earned $234 million at the North American domestic box office, making it the highest-grossing film released in 1984 in the U.S.

 Cast 
 Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley
 Lisa Eilbacher as Jenny Summers
 Steven Berkoff as Victor Maitland
 Judge Reinhold as Detective Billy Rosewood
 Ronny Cox as Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil
 John Ashton as Sergeant John Taggart
 James Russo as Mikey Tandino
 Stephen Elliott as Chief Hubbard
 Paul Reiser as Jeffrey

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