Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)

1997 film directed by Dennis Dugan

Released

1997

Country

United States

Language

English

Genre

Martial arts film, Ninja film

Director

Dennis Dugan

Producer

Brad Krevoy

Music

George S. Clinton

Cinematography

Arthur Albert

Editing

Jeff Gourson

Starring

Chris Farley, Nicollette Sheridan, Nathaniel Parker, Soon-Tek Oh, Robin Shou, François Chau, Jason Tobin, Richard Kline

Running time

85 minutes

Production company

Motion Picture Corporation of America

Distributor

TriStar Pictures, Netflix

Set in

Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills Ninja is a 1997 American martial-arts comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, and written by Mark Feldberg and Mitch Klebanoff. The film stars Chris Farley as an inept white ninja who travels to Beverly Hills to investigate a murder surrounding a counterfeiting operation. Nicollette Sheridan, Nathaniel Parker, Chris Rock, and Robin Shou costar in the film.

Upon its release on January 17, 1997, Beverly Hills Ninja received negative reviews from critics but was a modest commercial success, grossing $37.9 million worldwide on a $18 million budget. It was the last film starring Farley to be released in his lifetime, as he died later that same year in December 1997.

Cast

• Chris Farley
• Nicollette Sheridan
• Nathaniel Parker
• Soon-Tek Oh
• Robin Shou
• François Chau
• Jason Tobin
• Richard Kline
• John Farley
• Kevin Farley

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q851810 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.