Beverly Hills Cop is a series of American
action comedy films, with characters written by
Daniel Petrie, Jr. and
Danilo Bach. The films star
Eddie Murphy as
Axel Foley, a street-smart
Detroit cop who travels to
Beverly Hills, California to investigate crimes, even though it is out of his jurisdiction. There, he meets Detective Billy Rosewood (
Judge Reinhold), Sergeant John Taggart (
John Ashton), and Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil (
Ronny Cox). Ashton and Cox do not appear in
Beverly Hills Cop III. Murphy, Reinhold, and
Gil Hill, who plays Axel's boss, Inspector Todd, are the only actors who appear in all three films.
Harold Faltermeyer produced the now famous "
Axel F" theme song heard throughout the series. The series as a whole have been distributed by
Paramount Pictures. The films have made a total of
$735,534,503 worldwide.