Fails the Bechdel test

Another 48 Hrs.

Name: Another 48 Hrs.
Released: 1990

1990. Directed by Walter Hill, written by John Fasano and Roger Spottiswoode and Jeb Stuart.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

Yes 1. At least two women
17 women characters. 4 of them speak.
No 2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other.
No 3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.

Second opinion

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

The film

With a pending old debt from the past and the genuine threat of losing his badge for good, the tough and gruff San Francisco police officer, Inspector Jack Cates, pushes his luck and turns to his reluctant former partner, Reggie Hammond. Having spent seven long years in jail after the events of 48 Hrs. (1982), Reggie is about to taste the air of freedom, when an attempt on his life drags him into a new circle of violence, as Jack is almost obsessively trying to prove that the elusive criminal mastermind known as the "Iceman" exists. But, this time, the odds are against the mismatched duo. Will Cates clear his name?

Released: 08 Jun 1990
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
Rated: R
IMDb: 5.9 / 10
Metascore: 23 / 100
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Cates 263 lines, man
Hammond 253 lines, man
Wilson 47 lines, man
Kehoe 44 lines, man
Creal 30 lines, woman
Hickok 30 lines, man
Haden 27 lines, man
Robinson 25 lines, man
Girl Bartender 17 lines, woman
Amy Robinson 16 lines, woman

Full cast, 66 people

Eddie Murphy as Reggie Hammond
Nick Nolte as Jack Cates
Brion James as Ben Kehoe
Kevin Tighe as Blake Wilson
Ed O'Ross as Frank Cruise
David Anthony Marshall as Willie Hickok
Andrew Divoff as Cherry Ganz
Bernie Casey as Kirkland Smith
Brent Jennings as Tyrone Burroughs
Ted Markland as Malcolm Price
Tisha Campbell as Amy Smith
Felice Orlandi as Warden
Edward Walsh as Detective Joe Stevens
Page Leong as Angel Lee
Cathy Haase as Girl Bartender
Dennis Hayden as Barroom Tough
Kelly L. Goodman as Diner Waitress
Hoke Howell as Desert Bartender
Yana Nirvana as CHP Officer
Ken Medlock as CHP Officer
John Del Regno as Mechanic
Joel Weiss as Pit Man
Oz Tortora as Lawyer
John Bluto as Review Board Chairman
Jason Ronard as Prison Guard Ronard
Stafford Morgan as Prison Guard Morgan
Bill Dunnam as Prison Guard Dunnam
Thornton Simmons as Prison Clerk
Allan Graf as Bus Driver
Nancy Everhard as Female Doctor
Mark Phelan as Doctor
Biff Yeager as County Sheriff
John H. Evans as County Sheriff
Rick Cicetti as Traffic Cop
Laurie Morrison as Pickpocket
Steve Monroe as Pickpocket Victim
David Efron as Barroom Fighter
Rex Pierson as Barroom Fighter
Michael Anthony Williams as Bar Band
Rodney Shelton as Bar Band
Jake Hunter as Bar Band
Ray Fuller as Bar Band
Del Atkins as Bar Band
David McLaurin as Bar Band
Judy Lea as Second Bartender
Dawn Robinson as Restroom Girl (as Dawn Tshombe)
Gigi Weber as Restroom Girl
Nanci Rogers as Restroom Girl
Deborah Atkinson as Restroom Girl
Karen Huie as King Mei Clerk
Benjamin Lum as King Mei Clerk
George Cheung as Hotel Guest
Dana Lee as Arguing Man
Richard Lee-Sung as Arguing Man
Kitten Natividad as Girl in Movie
Jerome Holmes as Morgue Attendant
Victor Brandt as District Attorney (as Victor E. Brandt)
Edgar Small as Judge
Russ McCubbin as Doorman
Linda Cox as Female Elevator Operator
Deirdre Fitzpatrick as Birdcage Waitress
Lauren Grey as Birdcage Waitress
Nicole Cummins-Rubio as Birdcage Waitress
Alisa Christensen as Birdcage Showgirl
Dean Rader Duval as Pitman (uncredited)
Frank McRae as Haden (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 124

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	0
4 to 6	0	26
7 to 9	0	3
10 to 12	0	24
13 to 15	0	12
16 to 18	0	4
19 to 21	7	46
22 to 24	0	2
25 to 27	8	37
28 to 30	0	10
31 to 33	0	32
34 to 36	0	3
37 to 39	0	1
40 to 42	0	2
43 to 45	2	21
46 to 48	0	46
49 to 51	3	27
52 to 54	11	71
55 to 57	0	11
58 to 60	3	25
61 to 63	0	3
64 to 66	0	3
67 to 69	0	0
70 to 72	0	8
73 to 75	0	7
76 to 78	10	21
79 to 81	6	57
82 to 84	0	20
85 to 87	0	46
88 to 90	0	17
91 to 93	2	48
94 to 96	0	21
97 to 99	0	1
100 to 102	0	2
103 to 105	0	2
106 to 108	0	28
109 to 111	7	12
112 to 114	1	41
115 to 117	20	77
118 to 120	0	0
121 to 123	0	20
124 to 124	0	0

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 9 are women's.

80 lines from women, 837 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

17 women and 42 men in the cast. 4 women and 23 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 82 of 953. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 136 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 8% of the words (1,171), men 92% (13,518). Women have 9% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit D: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit E: behind the camera

1 of the 16 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 11% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Walter Hill (man)
Written by: John Fasano (man), Jeb Stuart (man), Larry Gross (man)
Story by: Eddie Murphy (man)
Produced by: Lawrence Gordon (man), Robert D. Wachs (man)
Shot by: Matthew F. Leonetti (man)
Edited by: Donn Aron (man), Carmel Davies (gender not listed), Freeman A. Davies (man), Tim Ryder (man)
Music by: James Horner (man)
Production design by: Joseph C. Nemec III (man)
Costumes by: Dan Moore (man)
Cast by: Jackie Burch (woman)