Jack Cates

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fictional character film character

Jack Cates is a tough, rule-bending San Francisco police detective and one of the two main protagonists in the action-comedy film "48 Hrs."

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Label Occurrences
Jack Cates canonical 4
Jack Cates (police officer) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
alignment lawful but rule-bending ⓘ
appearsIn 48 Hrs. ⓘ
Another 48 Hrs. ⓘ
associatedWithGenre buddy cop film ⓘ
associatedWithTheme crime ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ
characterTrait cynical ⓘ
rule-bending ⓘ
short-tempered ⓘ
tough ⓘ
conflictWith Reggie Hammond ⓘ
coProtagonistWith Reggie Hammond ⓘ
countryOfWorkSetting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdForWork 48 Hrs. ⓘ
employer San Francisco Police Department ⓘ
fictionalUniverse 48 Hrs. ⓘ
surface form: 48 Hrs. film series
filmDirectorOfFirstAppearance Walter Hill ⓘ
filmSeries 48 Hrs. ⓘ
surface form: 48 Hrs. series
genreOfWorkAppearedIn action comedy film ⓘ
action film ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
lawEnforcementStatus detective ⓘ
narrativeRole main character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
nationalityInStory American ⓘ
notableCharacteristic gruff demeanor ⓘ
heavy drinker ⓘ
occupation police detective ⓘ
onScreenRelationship reluctant partnership with Reggie Hammond ⓘ
partnerInStory Reggie Hammond ⓘ
policeRank Inspector ⓘ
portrayedBy Nick Nolte ⓘ
primaryMedium feature film ⓘ
screenWriterOfFirstAppearance Larry Gross ⓘ
Walter Hill ⓘ
sequelAppearance Another 48 Hrs. ⓘ
sequelReleaseYear 1990 ⓘ
settingCity San Francisco ⓘ
usesMethod unorthodox police methods ⓘ
weaponOfChoice handgun ⓘ
workLocation San Francisco ⓘ
workReleaseYear 1982 ⓘ
worksAs homicide detective ⓘ

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48 Hrs. → character → Jack Cates ⓘ
Nick Nolte → portrayedCharacter → Jack Cates ⓘ
Another 48 Hrs. → character → Jack Cates ⓘ
Reggie Hammond → worksWith → Jack Cates ⓘ
Reggie Hammond → worksWith → Jack Cates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jack Cates (police officer)