Top cast:Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson,Gladys Field,Harry Todd
Director:Robert Wise
Genre:Mystery
Region:Morocco
Year:1999
Storyline:During the credits to the tune of "Shakedown" (by Bob Seger), handsome and stylish Detroit Detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) dressed for a day""s work, and drove his expensive red Ferrari to the police department, to investigate a showy credit card fraud case.Its opening in March of 1968 thereby qualified it for the 1968 Oscars.[Note: The film has often been considered a 1967 film release due to its original opening date.].Although certain elements are now tame and have lost some comedic shock value since the late 60s, the black comedy was still daring, non-PC, controversial, audacious and subversive.The outdoor set for the Babylonian sequences was the largest ever created for a Hollywood film up to its time, and its crowd shots with 16,000 extras were also some of the greatest in cinematic history.Shortly after, at a local gunshop, Loomis bought a.357 Magnum, when it was recommended by the storekeeper Derek Allen (Micky Dolenz, one of the original Monkees) ("If you want to blow its f--kin"" head off, this is what you want.They have their first conversation after he pursues her - it is a fateful meeting:Marguerite: Are you following me?Armand: Yes, you, well you did smile at me a moment ago, didn""t you?Marguerite: Well, you tell me first whether you smiled at me or at my friend [Olympe].