Another 48 Hrs.

Another 48 Hrs.
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Directed by	Walter Hill
Produced by	Lawrence Gordon Robert D. Wachs
Screenplay by	John Fasano Jeb Stuart Larry Gross
Story by	Fred Braughton
Based on	Characters by Roger Spottiswoode Walter Hill Larry Gross Steven E. de Souza
Starring	Eddie Murphy Nick Nolte Brion James Ed O'Ross Andrew Divoff
Music by	James Horner
Cinematography	Matthew F. Leonetti
Edited by	Donn Aron Carmel Davies Freeman A. Davies Tim Ryder
Production company	Eddie Murphy Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 8, 1990 (1990-06-08)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50 million
Box office	$153.5 million

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Another 48 Hrs. is a 1990 American action-comedy film, directed by Walter Hill and stars Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Andrew Divoff, and Ed O'Ross. It is the sequel to the 1982 film 48 Hrs. Nolte reprises his role as San Francisco police officer Jack Cates, who has 48 hours to clear his name from a manslaughter charge. To do so, he again needs the help of Reggie Hammond (Murphy), who is a newly released convict. At the same time, a mastermind known only as the Iceman has hired a biker gang to kill Reggie.

Veteran San Francisco police officer Jack Cates has been after "the Iceman"—a drug dealer operating in the city—for the past four years. At the Hunter's Point Raceway, Jack confronts Tyrone Burroughs and Arthur Brock. Jack kills Brock, while Burroughs escapes. Despite killing Brock in self-defense, Jack is now under investigation, as Brock's gun cannot be found at the scene. Blake Wilson, the head of the Internal Affairs division, becomes determined to prosecute Jack on a third-degree manslaughter charge. Jack finds a picture that proves that the Iceman has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is scheduled to be released from prison the next day.

Reggie has completed his prison term for robbing a payroll (a crime for which he claims complete innocence), and is scheduled to be released. Jack tries to convince Reggie to help him clear his name and find the Iceman. Reggie requests that Jack gives him the $500,000 that Jack has been holding on to for him. Jack refuses to give Reggie the money unless Reggie helps him. After the bus transporting Reggie is attacked by two bikers and Jack gets shot, Jack forces Reggie to help him by having the hospital release Reggie into his custody. Reggie recognizes one of the two bikers as Richard "Cherry" Ganz, the brother of Albert Ganz, the escaped convict Jack killed years earlier. Cherry and his partner Willie Hickok are the hitmen who have been hired to kill Reggie. Burroughs, who works for the Iceman, was trying to hire Brock as insurance, just in case Cherry and Hickok failed. When the Iceman murders Cherry and Hickok's primary contact man, Malcolm Price, Cherry kills Burroughs, after the latter reveals himself to be an associate for the Iceman.