

“The First Hip-Hop Whodunnit!”
Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as far as their duty sergeant, Sgt Cooper is concerned, who proceeds to harass them at every turn. Despite this, they discover a major crime, and proceed to solve it in their own unusual fashion.
Directed by Ted Demme
User score
40 votes
Released
April 23, 1993
1h 30m
English
Budget → Revenue
$4.0M → $11.3M

Ed Lover
Ed Lover

Doctor Dré
Doctor Dre

Badja Djola
Lionel Douglas

Denis Leary
Sgt. Cooper

Cheryl 'Salt' James
Teesha Braxton

Jim Moody
Nick Crawford

Ice-T
Chauncey "Nighttrain" Jackson

Richard Bright
Demetrius
Rozwill Young
Sgt. Bo Griles

Colin Quinn
Frankie Flynn

Bernie Mac
G-George

Bill Bellamy
K.K.

Andre B. Blake
Lamar

Bowlegged Lou
Forty
T-Money
Bubba

Kim Chan
Fuji

Vincent Pastore
Tony 'Clams' Como

Kurt Loder
Hitman

Joe Lisi
Captain Reilly

Tony Lip
Vito Pasquale