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.
| Directing | Walter Hill | Director |
| Production | Joel Silver | Producer |
| Production | Lawrence Gordon | Producer |
| Camera | Ric Waite | Director of Photography |
| Sound | James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Art | John Vallone | Production Design |
| Production | Judith Holstra | Casting |
| Editing | Freeman A. Davies | Editor |
| Editing | Mark Warner | Editor |
| Editing | Billy Weber | Editor |
| Sound | Mark 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 |
| Production | D. Constantine Conte | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marilyn Vance | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Germain | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edouard F. Henriques | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Richard L. Anderson | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Stephen Hunter Flick | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gregg Landaker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Teri E. Dorman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Dunn | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Tim Mangini | Sound Editor |
