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Overview
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Writer:
Shane Black (written by)
Release Date:
6 March 1987 (USA)
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Tagline:
If these two can learn to stand each other... the bad guys don't stand a chance. more
Plot:
A veteran cop, Murtough, is partnered with a young homicidal cop, Riggs. Both having one thing in common, hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one and other to stop a gang of drug smugglers. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 5 wins
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1 nomination
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User Comments:
The best action/buddy film
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mel Gibson | ... | Sergeant Martin Riggs |
 | Danny Glover | ... | Sergeant Roger Murtaugh |
 | Gary Busey | ... | Mr. Joshua |
 | Mitch Ryan | ... | General Peter McAllister (as Mitchell Ryan) |
 | Tom Atkins | ... | Michael Hunsaker |
| Darlene Love | ... | Trish Murtaugh |
| Traci Wolfe | ... | Rianne Murtaugh |
| Jackie Swanson | ... | Amanda Hunsaker |
| Damon Hines | ... | Nick Murtaugh |
| Ebonie Smith | ... | Carrie Murtaugh |
| Bill Kalmenson | ... | Beat Cop |
 | Lycia Naff | ... | Dixie |
| Patrick Cameron | ... | Cop #1 |
| Don Gordon | ... | Cop #2 |
| Jimmie F. Skaggs | ... | Drug Dealer #1 |
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Runtime:
110 min | Germany:108 min (cut version) | USA:117 min (director's cut) | Turkey:104 min (TV version)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Australia:M |
Iceland:16 |
Finland:K-15 (director's cut) (DVD version) |
Finland:K-18 (1987) |
Brazil:16 (1999 re-rating) |
Brazil:18 (original rating) |
New Zealand:M |
Hungary:16 |
Italy:VM14 |
Argentina:16 |
Canada:18A |
Chile:18 |
France:-12 |
Ireland:18 |
Norway:18 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
South Korea:15 |
South Korea:18 (director's cut) |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
USA:Unrated (director's cut) |
West Germany:16 (director's cut) |
West Germany:18 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec)
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Trivia:
Danny Glover's character (Sergeant Roger Murtaugh) is 50 years old in the movie, but Glover was actually 40 years old when the movie was shot back in 1986
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Goofs:
Continuity: At least in the Director's Take Edition, the photos in a double frame in Riggs' trailer switch positions and are also in a new frame
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Quotes:
[Picking up a young prostitute]
Young prostitute: What have you got in mind?
Martin Riggs: Well, I want you to come home and watch television with me.
Young prostitute: You serious?
Martin Riggs: Yeah. "The 3 Stooges" are on in 20 minutes.
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Young prostitute: What have you got in mind?
Martin Riggs: Well, I want you to come home and watch television with me.
Young prostitute: You serious?
Martin Riggs: Yeah. "The 3 Stooges" are on in 20 minutes.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
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Soundtrack:
Lethal Weapon
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LETHAL WEAPON (1987) ***1/2 Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, Traci Wolfe. One of the best action/comedy/buddy films of all time with Gibson as suicidal loose cannon maverick cop Martin Riggs mismatched with partner Roger Murtaugh (Glover in one great comic role), who is constantly reminded of his age and the danger he's constantly in: solving a drug-linked homicide of Murtaugh's friend's daughter. Busey is memorable as an albino mercenary, Mr. Joshua, unsusceptible to pain. Some great stunts and lots of thrills thanks to helmsman Richard Donner (who also directed the sequels).