Die Hard
1988 · 2 hr 12 min
R8.294%94%78%
NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.
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Directed By
John McTiernanWritten By
Steven E. de Souza, Jeb Stuart, Roderick ThorpStudio
Gordon Company, Silver Pictures, 20th Century FoxCast of Die Hard
Bruce WillisJohn McClane
Alan RickmanHans Gruber
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
Joseph PlewaAlexander
Lorenzo CaccialanzaMarco
Gerard BonnKristoff
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
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)
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