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Film / 1988
Die Hard
Directed by
John McTiernan
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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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
Bruno DoyonFranco
Andreas WisniewskiTony
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Clarence Gilyard Jr.Theo
Joey PlewaAlexander
Lorenzo CaccialanzaMarco
Dennis HaydenEddie
Al LeongUli
Gary RobertsHeinrich
Hans BuhringerFritz
Wilhelm von HomburgJames
Robert DaviBig Johnson
Grand L. BushLittle Johnson
Bill MarcusCity Engineer
Rick DucommunWalt
Matt LandersCaptain Mitchell
Carmine ZozzoraRivers
Dustyn TaylorGinny
George ChristyDr. Hasseldorf
Anthony PeckYoung Cop
Cheryl BakerWoman
Richard ParkerMan
David UrsinHarvey Johnson
Mary Ellen TrainorGail Wallens
Harri JamesPolice Supervisor
Shelley PogodaDispatcher
Selma ArcherdHostage
Scot BennettHostage
Rebecca BroussardHostage
Kate FinlaysonHostage
Shanna HigginsHostage
Kym MalinHostage
Taylor FryLucy McClane
Noah LandJohn McClane Jr.
Betty CarvalhoPaulina
Kip WaldoConvenience Store Clerk
Mark GoldsteinStation Manager
Tracy ReinerThornburg's Assistant
Rick CicettiGuard
Fred LernerGuard
Bill MargolinProducer
Bob JenningsCameraman
Bruce P. SchultzCameraman
David KatzSoundman
Robert LesserBusinessman
Stella HallStewardess
Terri Lynn DossGirl at Airport
Jon E. GreeneBoy at Airport
P. Randall BowersKissing Man
Michele LaybournGirl in Window
Charlie PicerniDwayne Robinson's Driver (uncredited)
Conrad HurttSWAT (uncredited)
Terry RaySWAT (uncredited)
Eric KayFireman (uncredited)
Gérard BonnKristoff
Mark WinnPolice Detective (uncredited)
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