Beverly Hills Cop

Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Eddie Murphy	Det. Axel Foley
James Russo	Mikey Tandino
Judge Reinhold	Det. William 'Billy' Rosewood
John Ashton	Det. Sgt. John Taggart
Lisa Eilbacher	Jeannette 'Jenny' Summers
Ronny Cox	Lt. Andrew Bogomil
Steven Berkoff	Victor Maitland
Jonathan Banks	Zack, Maitland's Thug
Stephen Elliott	Police Chief Hubbard
Gilbert R. Hill	Insp. Douglas Todd
Art Kimbro	Det. Foster
Joel Bailey	Det. McCabe
Bronson Pinchot	Serge
Paul Reiser	Jeffrey
Michael Champion	Casey
Allen Garfield
Brigitte Nielsen
Jurgen Prochnow

Director	Martin Brest; Tony Scott
Producer	Jerry Bruckheimer; Don Simpson
Writer	Danilo Bach; Daniel Petrie Jr.; Larry Ferguson; Warren Skaaren

While its sequels were formulaic and safe, the first Beverly Hills Cop set out to explore some uncharted territory and succeeded. A blend of violent action picture and sharp comedy, the film has an excellent director, Martin Brest (Scent of a Woman), who finds some original perspectives on stock scenes (highway chases, police rousts) and hits a gleeful note with Murphy while skewering LA culture. Good support from Judge Reinhold and John Ashton as local cops not used to doing things the Detroit way (Murphy's character hails from the Motor City). Paul Reiser has a funny, brief moment at the beginning and Bronson Pinchot makes an hilarious impression in a great, never-to-be-duplicated scene with the star. --Tom Keogh