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Written by James M. Tate / 7/01/2024 / No comments / action , bronson pinchot , comedy , cop , eddie murphy , eighties , frank pesce , john ashton , jonathan banks , judge reinhold , Lisa Eilbacher , martin brest , ronny cox , stephen elliott , steven berkoff

EDDIE MURPHY LEADS THE ACTION/COMEDY 'BEVERLY HILLS COP'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiflnzmpkDCNle3iGzpb3e-c9gfa0b-SOhnhjJAgAWwwsQBcKgmtOC_4YzyAfJxvkrlUEMcpHI8HxYA_kaIxCUcUkHHjUWYmE0VUZt2-gMyaQ_HyFnfb_xsI3Jvsim36srPjKY7Z5gmgzS6x7iWwyljpB-phZUkDZjX9DDD9lzGA5qmfyVYBYl8Uu-5-Kh5/s2062/Screen%20Shot%202024-06-28%20at%2010.59.05%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="2062" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiflnzmpkDCNle3iGzpb3e-c9gfa0b-SOhnhjJAgAWwwsQBcKgmtOC_4YzyAfJxvkrlUEMcpHI8HxYA_kaIxCUcUkHHjUWYmE0VUZt2-gMyaQ_HyFnfb_xsI3Jvsim36srPjKY7Z5gmgzS6x7iWwyljpB-phZUkDZjX9DDD9lzGA5qmfyVYBYl8Uu-5-Kh5/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-06-28%20at%2010.59.05%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Eddie Murphy in BEVERLY HILLS COP Year: 1984 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Eddie Murphy had one of the greatest trifectas in the history of hot young stars: while the breakout favorite of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, he co-starred opposite Nick Nolte in Walter Hill's action flick with comedy 48 HRS; then against Dan Aykroyd in John Landis's straight-out comedy <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2023/11/TP.html">TRADING PLACES</a>; followed by his first solo starring role in BEVERLY HILLS COP, both a full-blown comedy and deadly serious action flick... <br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The latter because his buddy's brutal death by Jonathan Banks is as grim as things get, leading Murphy's cocky yet misadventurous Detroit cop Axl Foley into Beverly Hills, California, where the contrast between the black former street kid and the plastic rich white man's land provides a sublime template for an edgy yet affable Murphy...<br></p>

action, bronson pinchot, comedy, cop, eddie murphy, eighties, frank pesce, john ashton, jonathan banks, judge reinhold, Lisa Eilbacher, martin brest, ronny cox, stephen elliott, steven berkoff

EDDIE MURPHY LEADS THE ACTION/COMEDY 'BEVERLY HILLS COP'

Eddie Murphy in BEVERLY HILLS COP Year: 1984 Rating: ****1/2 Eddie Murphy had one of the greatest trifectas in the history of hot young star...

Written by James M. Tate / 3/19/2020 / No comments / alfred werker , dana andrews , dianne foster , donna reed , fifties , mystery , revenge , stephen elliott , western

ALFRED WERKER DIRECTS DANA ANDREWS IN 'THREE HOURS TO KILL'

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In almost every Western with Dana Andrews, there's some kind of kangaroo court leading to a hanging or a possible one, beginning with Dana himself on the unlucky and doomed side of the rope in THE OX-BOW INCIDENT...<br>
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Then trying to defend best friend/gambling addict Brian Donlevy from an accusing barroom "jury" in <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2018/03/CPassage.html">CANYON PASSAGE</a>; and decades later defending a falsely accused semi-outlaw in JOHNNY RENO and also, TOWN TAMER... <br>

alfred werker, dana andrews, dianne foster, donna reed, fifties, mystery, revenge, stephen elliott, western

ALFRED WERKER DIRECTS DANA ANDREWS IN 'THREE HOURS TO KILL'

Awesome Gun in Holser Western opening credit font for THREE HOURS TO KILL Year: 1954 In almost every Western with Dana Andrews, there...

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