Die Hard

Die Hard

(1989)

Tagline

40 Stories. Twelve Terrorists. One Cop.

Starring

Bruce Willis Alan Rickman Reginald VelJohnson Bonnie Bedelia Alexander Godunov

Director

John McTiernan

Genre

Action Thriller

Running Time

131 minutes

Die Hard

Overview

NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife, Holly, is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of pitiless terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

Released

3 February 1989

Budget

£28,000,000

Revenue

£138,708,852

Language

English German Italian

Studio

20th Century Fox Gordon Company Lawrence Gordon Productions

Country of Origin

United States of America

Cast

Bruce Willis...John McClane
Alan Rickman...Hans Gruber
Reginald VelJohnson...Sgt. Al Powell
Bonnie Bedelia...Holly Gennero McClane
Alexander Godunov...Karl
Paul Gleason...Deputy Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson
William Atherton...Richard Thornburg
De'voreaux White...Argyle
Hart Bochner...Harry Ellis
Dennis Hayden...Eddie
James Shigeta...Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
Robert Davi...FBI Special Agent Johnson
Bob Jennings...Cameraman

Crew

John McTiernan...Director
Roderick Thorp...Novel
Jeb Stuart...Screenplay
Steven E. de Souza...Screenplay
Charles Gordon...Executive Producer
Lawrence Gordon...Producer
Beau Marks...Producer
Joel Silver...Producer
Michael Kamen...Original Music Composer
Jan de Bont...Director of Photography
John F. Link...Editor
Frank J. Urioste...Editor
Jackie Burch...Casting
Jackson De Govia...Production Design
John R. Jensen...Art Direction
Philip Leonard...Set Decoration
Marilyn Vance...Costume Design