Detective Rosewood Quotes in Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Detective Rosewood: Wow. You know, it says here that by the time the average American is fifty, he's got five pounds of undigested red meat in his bowels.

Sergeant Taggart: Why are you telling me this? What makes you think I have any interest in that at all?

Detective Rosewood: Well, you eat a lot of red meat.

Police Chief Hubbard: Is this the gentleman who crashed through Victor Maitland's window? Who disabled an unmarked unit with a banana?

Lieutenant Bogomil: Yes, sir.

Police Chief Hubbard: Who lured Taggart and Rosemont into a gross dereliction of duty at a strip-tease establishment?

Detective Rosewood: Uh, it's Rosewood, sir.

Lieutenant Bogomil: Yes, sir.

Police Chief Hubbard: Is this the gentleman who ruined the buffet at the Harrow club this morning?

Lieutenant Bogomil: Yes, sir.

Police Chief Hubbard: I just bet that you are the pride of your department in Detroit. Lieutenant, I'd like to see you in your office.

Lieutenant Bogomil: Yes, sir.

Axel Foley: [mocking Hubbard] Is this the man who... wrecked the buffet at the Harrow club this morning?

Sergeant Taggart: Lower your voice, for Christ's sake!

Axel Foley: What, can the guy hear me through the wall?

Detective Rosewood, Sergeant Taggart: Yes, he can.

[Detectives Foster and McCabe nod in agreement]

Sergeant Taggart: Why didn't you identify yourself as a police officer when you were arrested?

Axel Foley: 'Cause I was mindin' my own business. Hey, where the fuck do you guys get off on arresting somebody for getting thrown out of a window?

Sergeant Taggart: We have six witnesses that say you broke in and started tearing up the place, then jumped out the window!

Axel Foley: And you guys believe that? What the fuck are you, cops or doormen?

Sergeant Taggart: We're more likely to believe an important local businessman than a foul-mouthed jerk from out of town.

Axel Foley: Foul-mouthed?

[Taggart nods]

Axel Foley: Fuck you, man.

Detective Rosewood: [Taggart stands up and draws himself to full height] Hey, Sarge...

Sergeant Taggart: You watch your mouth.

Axel Foley: [standing] Hey, man, don't square off on me with some bullshit.

[shoves Taggart]

Axel Foley: You wanna start some static?

Sergeant Taggart: Hey, don't push me!

Axel Foley: [shoves Taggart again] Fuck you, man!

[Taggart delivers hard blow to Axel's stomach... Axel doubles over in pain]

Lieutenant Bogomil: [witnessing from his office] Taggart!

Sergeant Taggart: Yes, sir.

Lieutenant Bogomil: Come here.

[Taggart enters Bogomil's office, both emerge a minute later]

Sergeant Taggart: Sir... I apologize for striking you. I have no excuse.

Axel Foley: [bemused] Forget about it.

Detective Rosewood: Police! You're all under arrest!

[Armed thugs answer with a long hail of machine gun fire]

Sergeant Taggart: You do that again, I'll shoot you myself!

Detective Rosewood: You know what I keep thinking about? You know the end of Butch Cassidy? Redford and Newman are almost out of ammunition, and the whole Bolivian army is out- out in front of this little hut?

Sergeant Taggart: Billy, I'm gonna make you pay for this.

Axel Foley: [in strip club with "Nasty Girl" playing in background]

[acting drunk]

Axel Foley: Hey man what's hapnin' Phil, I new dat was you, he told me that wasn't you, said you don't come here no more, but I said it's Phil! That is Philip,

[turns back toward Taggart and Rosewood]

Axel Foley: I told you that's Phil, you liar!

Strip Club Holdup Man #1: Get outta here man!

Axel Foley: Hey Philip, gimme kiss baby! Hey

Strip Club Holdup Man #1: [pushes Axel to ground, stops music by scratching needle across record and pulls out sawed-off shotgun] Everybody Freeze!

Axel Foley: Phil!

Strip Club Holdup Man #1: Get your hands on the table!

Axel Foley: Phil! What's wrong man?

[getting up from floor]

Axel Foley: What's all the hostility Phil?

Strip Club Holdup Man #1: Get back man!

Axel Foley: Whachoo doin' with all these guns man?

Strip Club Holdup Man #1: Get back, I told you to get back!

Axel Foley: [moving closer] You changed man!

Strip Club Holdup Man #1: I'm tellin' you to get back, if you don't get back I'm gonna blow your f***kin brains out!

[rushes toward Axel]

Axel Foley: [grabs shotgun, it discharges into ceiling, he elbows shooter in face twice and flips him to ground, pointing and cocking shotgun in his face]

Sergeant Taggart: [points pistol into 2nd shooters face] Police, move and I'll kill you!

Detective Rosewood: [runs up pointing pistol at shooter] Don't move, rollover!

Axel Foley: Way to go, Rosewood, you're some kinda cop, you know that!

Detective Rosewood: All he asked me to do was drive you out of town. Now I'm gonna screw that up, too.

[being shot at]

Sergeant Taggart: Jesus Christ!

Axel Foley: Yeah, these guys are serious.

Detective Rosewood: I hate machine guns!

[Rosewood and Taggart are staking out Axel Foley in an upscale hotel. Axel has just had dinner delivered to their car outside]

Detective Rosewood: How did he know we were here?

Sergeant Taggart: I let you drive.

Detective Rosewood: Everything he said about Maitland is right. Now he's kidnapped a woman and he's got her in this house.

Sergeant Taggart: Well, let's go in there and get her.

Axel Foley: What the fuck do you think I'm trying to do here?

Sergeant Taggart: You're not doing anything!

Detective Rosewood: Sir, if you'll please follow me?

Axel Foley: You know, I will say this, you guys are extremely polite.

[slaps his belly]

Axel Foley: That's a pretty good punch you got there, Taggart.

Police Chief Hubbard: Is this man?

Lieutenant Bogomil: Yes sir!

Police Chief Hubbard: Is this the gentleman who crashed through Victor Maitland's window? Who disabled an unmarked unit with a banana?

Lieutenant Bogomil: Yes sir!

Police Chief Hubbard: Who lured Taggart and Rosemont into a gross dereliction of duty at a striptease establishment?

Detective Rosewood: Ah, it's RoseWOOD, sir!

Lieutenant Bogomil: Yes sir!

Police Chief Hubbard: Is this the gentleman who ruined the buffet at the Harrow Club this morning?

Lieutenant Bogomil: Yes sir!

Police Chief Hubbard: I just bet you are the pride of your department in Detroit. Lieutenant, I'd like to see you in your office.

Lieutenant Bogomil: Yes sir!