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48 Hrs. (1982)

★ 6.7 · 1,699 ratings on TMDB

One cop. One con. No mercy.

48 Hrs. poster★ 6.7

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

DirectorWalter Hill
CastAnnette O'Toole, Brion James, David Patrick Kelly, Eddie Murphy, Frank McRae, James Remar
GenresAction, Comedy, Crime
The emergence reading

48 Hrs. keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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