High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Another 48 Hrs. is a 1990 action-comedy film and a sequel to the 1982 film 48 Hrs.. It was directed by Walter Hill and stars Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Andrew Divoff, and Ed O`Ross. Nolte returns as San Francisco police officer Jack Cates, who has 48 hours to clear his name from a potential manslaughter charge. To so do, he needs the help of Reggie Hammond (Murphy), who is now a newly released convict. But at the same time, a notorious mastermind known only as The Iceman has hired a bunch of bikers to kill Reggie.