Keiharde politieagent Jack Cates is de enige overlevende van een schietpartij. Cates krijgt 48 uur om de moordenaar te vinden en heeft daarvoor de hulp nodig van de gangster Reggie Hammond, die hij voor die korte tijd uit de gevangenis haalt. Maar Reggie is totaal niet gemotiveerd om te helpen en de crimineel-helpt-agent en de blank/zwart situatie zorgt voor de nodige botsingen tussen de twee. Ondanks dat alles blijken het toch goede partners te zijn.
Nee, helaas is 48 Hrs. nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Lawrence Gordon | Producer |
| Editing | Billy Weber | Editor |
| Art | John Vallone | Production Design |
| Editing | Mark Warner | Editor |
| Camera | Ric Waite | Director of Photography |
| Production | Judith Holstra | Casting |
| Production | Joel Silver | Producer |
| Sound | James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Freeman A. Davies | Editor |
| Directing | Walter Hill | Director |
| Sound | Mark Mangini | ADR Editor |
| Crew | Terry Leonard | Stunt Double |
| Art | Richard C. Goddard | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Steven E. de Souza | Writer |
| Crew | Nick Dimitri | Stunts |
| Crew | John Sherrod | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Vince Deadrick Jr. | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Bruce Paul Barbour | Stunts |
| Writing | Roger Spottiswoode | Writer |
| Writing | Larry Gross | Writer |
| Crew | Billy C. Chandler | Stunts |
| Writing | Walter Hill | Writer |
| Crew | Larry Holt | Stunts |
| Crew | Conrad E. Palmisano | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Bennie E. Dobbins | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Jerry Brutsche | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dagmar Loesch | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Tony Brubaker | Stunts |
| Crew | Joseph P. Mercurio | Special Effects |
| Lighting | Carl Boles | Gaffer |
| Crew | Walter Scott | Stunts |
| Sound | Gregg Landaker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Teri E. Dorman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Dunn | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Richard L. Anderson | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marilyn Vance | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Germain | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Stephen Hunter Flick | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Tim Mangini | Sound Editor |
| Production | D. Constantine Conte | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edouard F. Henriques III | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
