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Released December 7th, 1982, '48 Hrs.' stars Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and received a user score of 67 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 1,479 respected users.
Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer."
'48 Hrs.' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Vudu, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Apple iTunes, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Amazon Video, Paramount Plus, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, and Google Play Movies .
'48 Hrs.' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on December 7th, 1982
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January 26th, 1999
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'48 Hrs.' and 'Another 48 Hrs.' is a series of two films about Jack Cates, a hard-nosed cop, who reluctantly teams up with Reggie Hammond, a wise-cracking criminal, in order to solve crimes. '48 Hrs.' is often credited as being the first film to pioneer the "buddy cop" genre.
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