Beverly Hills Cop

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action comedy film film

Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 action-comedy film starring Eddie Murphy as a wisecracking Detroit detective who investigates a murder in the upscale city of Beverly Hills.

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Surface form Occurrences
Beverly Hills Cop film series 2
Beverly Hills Cop (film series) 1
Beverly Hills Cop II 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf action comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
award People's Choice Award ⓘ
surface form: People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide over 300 million USD ⓘ
budget approximately 13 million USD ⓘ
character Andrew Bogomil ⓘ
Axel Foley ⓘ
Billy Rosewood ⓘ
John Taggart ⓘ
cinematography Bruce Surtees ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Martin Brest ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Arthur Coburn ⓘ
Billy Weber ⓘ
filmingLocation Detroit ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
followedBy Beverly Hills Cop II ⓘ
genre action film ⓘ
buddy cop film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
leadActor Eddie Murphy ⓘ
mainCharacterEmployer Detroit Police Department ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation detective ⓘ
musicBy Harold Faltermeyer ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSong Axel F ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries Beverly Hills Cop self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Beverly Hills Cop (film series)
precededBy 48 Hrs. ⓘ
producer Don Simpson ⓘ
Jerry Bruckheimer ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
ratingMPAA R ⓘ
releaseDate 1984-12-05 ⓘ
releaseYear 1984 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 105 ⓘ
setInLocation Beverly Hills ⓘ
Detroit ⓘ
starring Eddie Murphy ⓘ
John Ashton ⓘ
Judge Reinhold ⓘ
Lisa Eilbacher NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ronny Cox ⓘ
Steven Berkoff ⓘ
storyBy Daniel Petrie Jr. ⓘ
Danilo Bach ⓘ
writer Daniel Petrie Jr. ⓘ

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Axel Foley → appearsIn → Beverly Hills Cop ⓘ
this entity surface form: film "Beverly Hills Cop"
Axel Foley → fictionalUniverse → Beverly Hills Cop ⓘ
Axel Foley → firstAppearance → Beverly Hills Cop ⓘ
Axel Foley → mainProtagonistOf → Beverly Hills Cop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beverly Hills Cop film series
Paramount Pictures → notableFilm → Beverly Hills Cop ⓘ
Eddie Murphy → notableWork → Beverly Hills Cop ⓘ
Eddie Murphy → notableWork → Beverly Hills Cop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop → partOfSeries → Beverly Hills Cop self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beverly Hills Cop (film series)
Beverly Hills Cop III → partOfSeries → Beverly Hills Cop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beverly Hills Cop film series
Bruce Surtees → workedOn → Beverly Hills Cop ⓘ