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Budget: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Gross: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Action / Thriller /  more » Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 2 nominations  more » User Ratings: 8.3 (359,724 votes)  more »   Also rated #103 in the Top 250 Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save wife Holly Gennaro and several others, taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.  more »

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Filmmakers: John McTiernan - Director, Roderick Thorp - Writer (novel "Nothing Lasts Forever"), Jeb Stuart - Writer (screenplay), Steven E. de Souza - Writer (screenplay), Lawrence Gordon - Producer, Joel Silver - Producer, Jan De Bont¹ - Cinematographer, Michael Kamen - Composer, Jackson DeGovia¹ - Production Designer, John F. Link - Editor, Frank J. Urioste - Editor  more »

Cast overview, first billed only (view more cast)		STARmeter™
	Bruce Willis ... Officer John McClane	44
	Bonnie Bedelia ... Holly Gennaro McClane	3,223
	Reginald Veljohnson¹ ... Sgt. Al Powell	4,389
	Paul Gleason ... Deputy Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson	1,981
	William Atherton ... Richard Thornburg	4,440