Lethal Weapon(Movie, 1987)

Name: Lethal Weapon
Genre: Adventure, Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime
Released: 1987
Duration: T01:50:00
Rating: 3.6

| 1h 50min | Genres: Adventure, Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 1,987 votes)

Lethal Weapon is a 1987 American buddy cop action-comedy film directed and co-produced by Richard Donner, written by Shane Black, and co-produced by Joel Silver. It stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover alongside Gary Busey, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, and Mitchell Ryan. In Lethal Weapon, a pair of mismatched LAPD detectives—Martin Riggs (Gibson), a former Green Beret who has become suicidal following the death of his wife, and veteran officer and family man Roger Murtaugh (Glover)—work together as partners. The film was released on March 6, 1987. Upon its release, Lethal Weapon grossed over $120 million (against a production budget of $15 million) and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound. It spawned a fra... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Lethal Weapon

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Sound

About Lethal Weapon

Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on their first homicide investigation as partners, involving a young woman known to Murtaugh with ties to a drug and prostitution ring.

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Trailer for Lethal Weapon + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Lethal Weapon (1987) - Trailer HD 1080p(Trailer, 1:28)

Lethal Weapon (1987) - Trailer HD 1080p (Trailer) | Lethal Weapon (1987) Official Trailer - Mel Gibson, Danny Glover Action Movie HD (Trailer) | Trailer 1 (Trailer) | Lethal Weapon - Zwei stahlharte Profis ≣ 1987 ≣ Trailer ≣ Remastered (Trailer, DE) | Deutscher Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Long Beach (California), Santa Monica (California)

Plays in: Los Angeles (California)

Made by: Warner Bros. Pictures, Silver Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 33 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 03/06/1987

Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Tom Atkins, Mary Ellen Trainor, Al Leong, Darlene Love, Don Gordon, Ed O'Ross, Grand L. Bush, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Steve Kahan, Traci Wolfe, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Joan Severance, Blackie Dammett, Jack Thibeau

Director: Richard Donner

Producer: Joel Silver, Richard Donner

Screenwriter: Shane Black

Film Editor: Stuart Baird

Director of Photography: Stephen Goldblatt

Composer: Michael Kamen

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Máquina Mortifera"

"Lethal Weapon - Zwei stahlharte Profis"

"L'arme fatale 1"

"리쎌 웨폰"

"Lethal Weapon 1"

Keywords: showdown, police detective, christmas, death of wife, self-destruction, mixed martial arts, ex soldier, wisecrack humor, police, maverick cop, lapd, homicide detective, action hero, buddy cop

Budget: 15,000,000 USD

Revenue: 120,207,127 USD (= 801%)