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Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.
Theatrical
May 18, 1987
Box Office
$300.0M
Budget
$28.0M
Return
10.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 29, 2002
Director
Tony Scott
Writers
Eddie Murphy, Larry Ferguson, Robert D. Wachs, Warren Skaaren
Producers
Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Simpson, Marilyn Gill
Music
Harold Faltermeyer
Studio
Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Themes
arms smuggling
detective
intensive care
undercover
strip club
armored car
investigation
police
sequel
shootout
gunfight
los angeles, california
detroit, michigan
horse track
beverly hills
black cop
buddy cop
credit card fraud
narcotics detective
playboy mansion
shooting range
robbery gang
superdetective
detective comedy
ferrari
amused
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See all →Axel Foley Returns to Unfamiliar Territory
Taglines
Axel Foley's back...where he doesn't belong!
The Heat's Return in Beverly Hills Cop II
Taglines
The Heat's Back On!
Chaos Unfolds After Solving the Alphabet Crimes
Chief Lutz
What the hell have you done here? Looks like a goddamn war zone. What in the hell have you done, Taggart? Tell me.
[Arriving with his assitant Biddle and Mayor Ted Egan]
Rosewood
We solved the Alphabet crimes.
Chief Lutz
You shut up! Who the hell is talking to you? I personally solved the Alphabet case up in a body bag over an hour ago. And you, I don't give a goddamn what agency you say you're working for, you're in jail, buddy.
[to Axel]
Rosewood
Chief, wait a...
Chief Lutz
SHUT UP! What the hell do you think you're doing, bringing a fire fight in the middle of my city? You're out of the cop business for good, forever!
Rosewood
Will you just listen a minute?
Chief Lutz
Shut up! You shut your mouth once and for all!
Rosewood
NO GODDAMN IT, YOU SHUT UP! This is what the Alphabet crimes are all about... guns!
Rap Music and Unexpected Confrontation
Foley
Hey...do you like rap music?
Man
(mumbles in agreement)
Foley
You like rap music? Well turn around real slow then. I'm from the Rap Coalition of America. Take that gun off and throw it over there. Throw the gun over there! If you like rap music so much, how come you ain't smiling?
Man
I'm smiling.
Foley
Smile real big. Now, let's do a rap together. Yo baby, yo baby, yo!
Man
Yo baby, yo baby, yo!
Foley
Say "owww!
Man
Owww!
Beverly Hills Cop is a series of action-comedy films starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop who travels to Beverly Hills, California to investigate crimes out of his jurisdict...
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Cast
Full credits →E
Eddie Murphy
Axel Foley
J
Judge Reinhold
Billy Rosewood
J
John Ashton
John Taggart
J
Jürgen Prochnow
Maxwell Dent
R
Ronny Cox
Andrew Bogomil
B
Brigitte Nielsen
Karla Fry
A
Allen Garfield
Harold Lutz
D
Dean Stockwell
Chip Cain
P
Paul Reiser
Jeffrey Friedman
G
Gilbert R. Hill
Inspector Todd
P
Paul Guilfoyle
Nikos Thomopolis
R
Robert Ridgely
Mayor Egan
B
Brian O'Connor
Biddle
A
Alice Adair
Jan Bogomil
E
Eugene Butler
May
G
Glenn Withrow
Willie
S
Stephen Liska
Chauffeur
G
Gilbert Gottfried
Sidney Bernstein
T
Tom Bower
Russ Fielding
V
Valerie Wildman
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