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48 Hrs.
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2242
- IMDb #2422
- Rotten Tomatoes #1577
- Metacritic #1541
- Letterboxd #2516
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #810
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2661
- Metacritic Audience #1951
- Criticker #1740
- Kinopoisk #2165
- AlloCiné #3646
- Trakt #2397
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 49, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92. Critics average 82, everyone else 68.
See the most agreed on films →A hard-nosed San Francisco cop is forced to team up with a fast-talking convict temporarily sprung from prison. The unlikely duo has just two days to track down a pair of vicious cop killers. The cop's by-the-book methods constantly clash with the convict's street-smart cunning as they race against the clock through the city's underworld.
Details
- Director
- Walter Hill
- Released
- 7 December 1982
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $12.0M
- Box office
- $78.9M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 2 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 4 →2 wins from 4 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Award 1983 | New Star of the Year – Actor | Eddie Murphy | Nominee |
| Edgar Award 1983 | Best Motion Picture Screenplay | Walter Hill, Roger Spottiswoode, Larry Gross, Steven E. de Souza | Nominee |
| Festival du Film Policier de Cognac 1983 | Grand Prix | Walter Hill | Winner |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association 1982 | Best Music | James Horner, The BusBoys (Gus Loundermon, Brian O'Neal, Kevin O'Neal) | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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4 awards — 48 Hrs.
×| New Star of the Year – Actor | Eddie Murphy | Nominee |
| Grand Prix | Walter Hill | Winner |
| Best Music | James Horner, The BusBoys (Gus Loundermon, Brian O'Neal, Kevin O'Neal) | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture Screenplay | Walter Hill, Roger Spottiswoode, Larry Gross, Steven E. de Souza | Nominee |