
Beverly Hills Cop(1984)
Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.


“Detective Joe Bomowski's mom is in town for a visit. She did the laundry, washed the windows and scrubbed the floors. Now, she's gonna clean up the streets.”
A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on.

Sylvester Stallone
Sgt. Joseph Andrew 'Joe' Bomowski

Estelle Getty
Tutti Bomowski

JoBeth Williams
Lt. Gwen Harper

Roger Rees
Parnell

Martin Ferrero
Paulie

Gailard Sartain
Munroe

John Wesley
Tony

Al Fann
Lou

Ella Joyce
McCabe

J. Kenneth Campbell
Ross
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot is a action, comedy film released in 1992 exploring themes of police, submachine gun, gunfight, los angeles, california, criminal, buddy cop. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, it stars Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, JoBeth Williams. A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on.
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