

Die Hard
1988-07-15 · 132 min · ★ 7.8
High above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. One man has manages to escape... An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside. He's alone, tired... and the only chance anyone has got.
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Production details
- Directors
- John McTiernan
- Production companies
- Gordon Company, Silver Pictures, 20th Century Fox
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 28,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 140,767,956
Top Cast
Bruce WillisJohn McClane
Alan RickmanHans Gruber
Alexander GodunovKarl
Bonnie BedeliaHolly Gennaro McClane
Reginald VelJohnsonAl Powell
Paul GleasonDwayne Robinson
De'voreaux WhiteArgyle
William AthertonRichard Thornburg
Hart BochnerHarry Ellis
James ShigetaJoseph Yoshinobu Takagi
Andreas WisniewskiTony
Clarence Gilyard Jr.Theo
Joey PlewaAlexander
Lorenzo CaccialanzaMarco
Dennis HaydenEddie
Al LeongUli
Gary RobertsHeinrich
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