48 Hrs.

48 Hrs.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Walter Hill
Written by	Roger Spottiswoode Walter Hill Larry Gross Steven E. de Souza
Produced by	Lawrence Gordon Joel Silver
Starring	Nick Nolte Eddie Murphy Annette O'Toole
Cinematography	Ric Waite
Edited by	Freeman A. Davies Mark Warner Billy Weber
Music by	James Horner
Production company	Lawrence Gordon Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 8, 1982 (1982-12-08) (United States)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$12 million[1]
Box office	$78.9 million[2]

48 Hrs. (pronounced 'forty-eight hours') is a 1982 American buddy cop action comedy film directed and co-written by Walter Hill, co-written by Larry Gross, Steven E. de Souza and Roger Spottiswoode, and starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy (the latter in his film debut) as a cop and a convict, respectively, who team up to catch two hardened criminals. Titled after the amount of time the duo has to solve the crime, 48 Hrs. was Joel Silver's first title as a producer.

Though predated by Richard Rush's 1974 film Freebie and the Bean, the film is often credited as being the first in the "buddy cop" genre, later popularized by films such as Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys, and Rush Hour, and was inspired by the 1976 Italian Poliziotteschi movie Free Hand for a Tough Cop starring Claudio Cassinelli, Tomas Milian & Henry Silva. Its supporting cast features Annette O'Toole, James Remar, Frank McRae, David Patrick Kelly, Sonny Landham, Jonathan Banks and Brion James. The musical score was composed by James Horner.

Released by Paramount Pictures on December 8, 1982, 48 Hrs. was one of the most commercially successful films of 1982,^[3] received widespread acclaim from critics, and launched Murphy's film career by earning him a Golden Globe Award nomination for New Star of the Year – Actor. A sequel, Another 48 Hrs., was released in 1990, also directed by Walter Hill, with Nolte and Murphy reprising their roles.