Welcome to the sister article to Comedy Clicks! Each week, we will be taking an in depth look at some of the best comedy films that the world of cinema can offer! Today we will be looking at Beverly Hills Cop

About the Film

Summary of Plot

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.

.– iMDB

Year Of Release

1984

Running Time

1 Hours 45 Minutes

Director

Martin Brest

Tagline

The Heat is On!

Box Office Opening Weekend

$15,214,805

Trailer

Starring

Eddie Murphy – Axel Foley
Judge Reinhold – Det Billy Rosewood
John Ashton – SGT Taggart
Lisa Eilbacher – Jenny Summers

Song From the OST

Trivia

• Eddie Murphy, John Ashton, and Judge Reinhold improvised most of their comic lines.
• Axel Foley’s T-shirt is from Mumford, a real-life Detroit-area school one of the filmmakers attended. When the film came out, the school got orders for the shirts from customers all over the world.
• Eddie Murphy became very tired while filming the police station sequences. The crew offered him coffee, but he refused to drink it because he refuses to take drugs of any kind. Eventually he relented and took small sips of coffee to stay awake. He became very energized and ad-libbed the “super-cops” monologue.
• This is the first of seven Eddie Murphy movies in a row to open at #1 at the box office.
• Film debut of Damon Wayans.
• The first film to be released to over 2,000 theaters in the United States