Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

Axel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who killed his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles.

Director:

John Landis

Writers:

Danilo Bach (character), Daniel Petrie Jr. (character)

Stars:

Eddie Murphy, Jon Tenney, Joey Travolta

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eddie Murphy	...	Det. Axel Foley
Jon Tenney	...	Levine
Joey Travolta	...	Giolito
Eugene Collier	...	Leppert
Jimmy Ortega	...	Rondell
Ousaun Elam	...	Pederson
Ray Lykins	...	Nixon
Tim Gilbert	...	McKee
Rick Avery	...	Cline
Gilbert R. Hill	...	Insp. Douglas Todd (as Gil Hill)
Dick Purtan	...	Detroit Disc Jockey
Fred Asparagus	...	Bobby
Louis Lombardi	...	Snake
Lindsey Ginter	...	Holloway
Timothy Carhart	...	Ellis De Wald

Storyline

In Detroit, Axel Foley leads a raid on a chop shop. When they go in, the people inside start shooting at them. Foley's boss, Inspector Todd, joins them. Someone shoots Todd and before dying Todd tells Foley to get him. Foley tries to catch him but some Feds stop him. They don't tell him why they're letting him get away. Based on things the shooters left behind, leads Foley to believe that the shooters have ties to an amusement park in Beverly Hills. So Foely goes there and asks his old friend, Billy Rosewood who's been promoted to a "prestigious position" for help. He meets Billy's new partner, Jon Flint. He asks if they know anyone at the amusement park and Flint tells him he knows the head of security, Ellis DeWald. Foley goes to the park and after a little misadventure, he meets DeWald and recognizes him as the man who killed Todd. But everybody including Flint tells Foley DeWald is a good guy. But Axel knows he's the one. He would be approached a park employee who tries to help ...

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Plot Keywords:

woman with a gun | murder of a police officer | shooting a police officer | detroit | michigan | 

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Taglines:

In for the ride of his life!

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 May 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Un detective suelto en Hollywood III

Filming Locations:

Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,426,169, 29 May 1994

Gross USA:

$42,614,912

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$119,208,989

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Eddie Murphy Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Alan Young, who plays the Walt Disney-like "Uncle" Dave Thornton, owner of the Wonder World theme park in the film, has been the voice of Scrooge McDuck since 1983 and is more commonly addressed as Uncle Scrooge by his great-nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie.

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Goofs

In Beverley Hills Cop, Inspector Todd's first initial is 'G'. In this movie, his wife refers to him as Douglas.

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Quotes

Orrin Sanderson: Mr. Foley, Mr. DeWald.
Axel: [Goes to attack DeWald, is restrained by security guards] You fuck! Motherfucker! That's him! Motherfucker! That's the fuckin' guy I'm looking for!
Ellis De Wald: Orrin, you want to tell me what's going on here?
Axel: This fuckin' guy shot a Detroit police officer last weekend!
Ellis De Wald: Last weekend? I was at my beach house in Laguna *last weekend*.
Axel: Your beach home in Laguna?
[starts to calm down]
Axel: Wait, wait, hold it, I think I got the wrong guy, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. This is a big...
[...]

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Crazy Credits

There are no opening credits. The title appears during the closing credits.

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Connections

Referenced in Inside the Actors Studio: Eddie Murphy (2006)

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Soundtracks

Axel F
by Harold Faltermeyer
Performed by Nile Rodgers featuring Richard Hilton
Produced by Nile Rodgers
Nile Rodgers performs courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

User Reviews

Axel, you on a coffee break? Go get that sonofabitch.

You would think that anyone who could do the hilarious Amazon Women on the Moon would be a good director. Sorry, Mr Landis, but you blew it on this one.

Maybe it was just one sequel too many, but it fell short of the previous two and is just something to watch if there is absolutely nothing else on TV.

Only Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and Inspector Todd (Gilbert R. Hill) are back with Axel Foley in this one. Billy is great with Axel, but this film just doesn't have the action of the other two.

Theresa Randle provides the eye candy.