Lethal Weapon
“If these two can learn to stand each other... the bad guys don't stand a chance.”
Director
Richard Donner
Screenplay
Shane Black
A steady, family-minded veteran of the LAPD is saddled with a reckless younger partner, a widower so broken by grief he seems to court his own death with every stunt. Forced to trust each other, the mismatched pair pulls at a thread that unravels a lethal heroin-smuggling operation run by ex-Special Forces mercenaries. Between gunfights and gallows humor, an unlikely friendship takes hold. Richard Donner's blockbuster essentially invented the modern buddy-cop template, pairing explosive action with genuine emotional stakes and a chemistry so combustible it launched a franchise and defined a whole subgenre of eighties cinema.
Release
Mar 6, 1987
Budget
$15M
Country
United States of America
Revenue
$120M
Cast
Mel Gibson
Martin Riggs
Danny Glover
Roger Murtaugh
Gary Busey
Mr. Joshua
Mitchell Ryan
General Peter McAllister
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
Jason Ronard
Drug Dealer #2
Mary Ellen Trainor
Psychologist
Steve Kahan
Captain Ed Murphy
Jack Thibeau
Sergeant McCaskey
Grand L. Bush
Boyette
Ed O'Ross
Mendez
Gustav Vintas
Gustaf
Paul Tuerpe
Mercenary
Chad Hayes
Mercenary
Chris D.
Mercenary
Reviews
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