Beverly Hills Cop
Fish-out-of-water lawman
Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 action comedy film starring Eddie Murphy as a Detroit detective who follows a murder investigation to the wealthy Los Angeles enclave.
The film's blend of Murphy's improvisational humor with buddy-cop action established a template for the genre and spawned sequels.
The title sometimes describes fish-out-of-water scenarios involving class or cultural contrast.
- fish out of waterOne in alien circumstances
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- actionProcess of doing
- copLaw enforcement slang
- 1984Dystopian surveillance state tale
Eddie Murphy · banana · tailpipe · soundtrack · heat of the moment · synth · theme song · California · palm trees · mansion · undercover · badge · pistol · wise-cracking · street smart · buddy cop · nightclub · Mercedes
- 80s Pop CultureBack to the Future, E.T., Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, The Breakfast Club
- cop filmsLethal Weapon, Hot Fuzz, RoboCop, Dirty Harry, Serpico
- Paramount FilmsThe Godfather, Titanic, Forrest Gump, Top Gun, Grease
- Jerry BruckheimerTop Gun, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor
Beverly Hills CopSerpico
The French Connection · The Untouchables · Silence of the Lambs · L.A. Confidential · Training Day
Beverly, Hills, hill, hilly, hillier, hilliest, hillside, hillsides, hilltop