40 Stories. Twelve Terrorists. One Cop.
Bruce Willis Alan Rickman Reginald VelJohnson Bonnie Bedelia Alexander Godunov
131 minutes
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.
3 February 1989
£28,000,000
£138,708,852
English German Italian
20th Century Fox Gordon Company Lawrence Gordon Productions
United States of America
| 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 |
| 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 |