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.
| Sound | James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Lawrence Gordon | Producer |
| Editing | Freeman A. Davies | Editor |
| Art | John Vallone | Production Design |
| Camera | Ric Waite | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Mark Warner | Editor |
| Directing | Walter Hill | Director |
| Production | Judith Holstra | Casting |
| Editing | Billy Weber | Editor |
| Production | Joel Silver | Producer |
| Sound | John Dunn | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Tim Mangini | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marilyn Vance | Costume Design |
| Sound | Teri E. Dorman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Richard L. Anderson | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | D. Constantine Conte | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Gregg Landaker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edouard F. Henriques | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Germain | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Stephen Hunter Flick | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Mark A. Mangini | ADR Editor |
| Crew | Terry Leonard | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Nick Dimitri | Stunts |
| Writing | Walter Hill | Writer |
| Writing | Roger Spottiswoode | Writer |
| Writing | Larry Gross | Writer |
| Writing | Steven E. de Souza | Writer |
| Art | Richard C. Goddard | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dagmar Loesch | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Vince Deadrick Jr. | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Tony Brubaker | Stunts |
| Crew | Joseph P. Mercurio | Special Effects |
| Crew | Bruce Paul Barbour | Stunts |
| Crew | Larry Holt | Stunts |
| Crew | John Sherrod | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Jerry Brutsche | Stunts |
| Crew | Billy C. Chandler | Stunts |
| Crew | Conrad E. Palmisano | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Bennie E. Dobbins | Stunt Coordinator |
| Lighting | Carl Boles | Gaffer |
| Crew | Walter Scott | Stunts |
