48 Hrs. (1982)
Director:
Walter Hill
Tagline:
« When a tough cop has a cool convict as a partner and 48 hrs to catch a killer, a lot of funny things can happen in . . . 48 HRS. [Australia Theatrical] »
Actors:
Jack Cates
Reggie Hammond
Elaine
Haden
Albert Ganz
Rating:
(93’910 votes)
(93’910 votes)
Quotes:
« Jack: [having parked the car so he and Reggie can stake out a parking garage] Okay, now what?
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« Reggie: Now, you get to play cop, and watch that building back there. I'm gonna get in the back seat and go to sleep.
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[he gets in the back seat]
« Jack: You son of a bitch! You knew where the money was all along, and all we had to do was come here and wait! Christ, I almost got my ass shot off, twice, for nothing!
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« Reggie: Yeah, well, being a cop is a hard job, Jack. The building opens up at 7 o'clock. Wake me up at a quarter to. I'll be back here asleep.
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« Jack: Shit.
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« Reggie: Jack… tell me a story?
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« Jack: Fuck you!
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« Reggie: Oh, that's one of my favorites.
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« Reggie: I've been in prison for three years. My dick gets hard if the wind blows.
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[Shaking down a redneck, Reggie pulls a wad of money from his pocket]
« Reggie: Man, you loaded here. What the fuck's this?
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« Redneck: Tax refund!
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« Reggie: Bullshit! You're too fuckin' stupid to have a job!
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Trailer:
Official Trailer
Runtime:96 minutes
Plots:
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him in order to track down a killer.
Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help. The killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have the Black-white, cop-crook thing to work out make surprisingly good partners as they navigate through the city looking for their suspect.
After a bloody shoot-out in a cheap hotel and a lost revolver, the gruff and tough San Francisco Police Department officer, Inspector Jack Cates, finds himself with the back to the wall. Now, to find the armed-and-dangerous escaped convict, Albert Ganz, Jack has no other choice but to team up with the fugitive’s former partner, the smooth-talking prisoner, Reggie Hammond; however, there’s a catch: the unlikely duo has only two short days to crack the case before Reggie returns to his cosy cell. Of course, apart from Ganz, those two have nothing in common, and as if that weren’t enough, time is against them. But, a lot can happen in 48 hours. Can Jack and Reggie get the job done before they kill each other?
