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Reggie Hammond

CTL-W-0986 · Work

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Combined Graph record U-02094 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0986. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Convict helping a cop for 48 hours

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Convict helping a cop for 48 hours

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Reggie Hammond is a lead character of the film 48 Hrs. (1982): a convicted felon paroled for forty-eight hours to help detective Jack Cates catch the fugitive Ganz (AFI Catalog plot synopsis). Reggie Hammond is performed by Eddie Murphy (AFI Catalog: Murphy made his motion picture debut in this film as its co-lead; the entry identifies Nick Nolte in the role of Jack Cates and describes the production as built around the Nolte and Murphy pairing, including a nightclub scene tailored for Murphy).

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