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Lethal Weapon
A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.
1987 · Directed by Richard Donner · 110 min · Action · Thriller · Crime · 13 frames
Tagline
If these two can learn to stand each other... the bad guys don't stand a chance.
Crew
- Screenplay: Shane Black
- Cinematography: Stephen Goldblatt
- Edited by: Stuart Baird
- Music: Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen
- Production design: J. Michael Riva
- Produced by: Richard Donner, Joel Silver
Cast
- Mel Gibson as Martin Riggs
- Danny Glover as Roger Murtaugh
- Gary Busey as Mr. Joshua
- Mitchell Ryan as General Peter McAllister
- Tom Atkins as Michael Hunsaker
- Darlene Love as Trish Murtaugh
- Traci Wolfe as Rianne Murtaugh
- Jackie Swanson as Amanda Hunsaker
- Damon Hines as Nick Murtaugh
- Ebonie Smith as Carrie Murtaugh
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Silver Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $15,000,000
- Box office: $120,207,127
- Themes: showdown, police, self-destruction, mixed martial arts (mma), los angeles, california, police detective, ex soldier, buddy cop, lapd, buddy comedy
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