"Die harder."

1990

2h 4m

7.0(6080 votes)

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Thriller

Overview

One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.

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Cast & Crew

93 members

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Bruce Willis

John McClane

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Bonnie Bedelia

Holly McClane

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William Sadler

Stuart

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John Amos

Major Grant

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Franco Nero

General Ramon Esperanza

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William Atherton

Richard Thornberg

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Dennis Franz

Capt. Carmine Lorenzo

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Art Evans

Leslie Barnes

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Fred Thompson

Trudeau

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Tom Bower

Marvin

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Sheila McCarthy

Samantha 'Sam' Coleman

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Don Harvey

Garber

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Reginald VelJohnson

Sgt. Al Powell

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Tony Ganios

Baker

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Peter Nelson

Thompson

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Robert Patrick

O'Reilly

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Mick Cunningham

Sheldon

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John Leguizamo

Burke

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Tom Verica

Kahn

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John Costelloe

Cochrane

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Vondie Curtis-Hall

Miller

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Mark Boone Junior

Shockley

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Ken Baldwin

Mulkey

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Danny Weselis

Blue Light Team

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Gregg Kovan

Blue Light Team

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Vincent Mazella Jr.

Blue Light Team

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Don C. McGovern

Blue Light Team - Lt. Sherman

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Jeff Langton

Blue Light Team

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Danial Donai

Blue Light Team

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Bob 'Rocky' Cheli

Blue Light Team

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Dale Jacoby

Blue Light Team

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Patrick O'Neal

Corporal Telford

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Ben Lemon

Sergeant

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Jason Ross-Azikiwe

Second Sergeant

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Anthony Droz

Soldier

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Michael Francis Clarke

Northeast Plane - Pilot

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Steve Pershing

Northeast Plane - Co-Pilot

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Tom Everett

Northeast Plane - Navigator

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Sherry Bilsing

Northeast Plane - Stewardess

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Karla Tamburrelli

Northeast Plane - Stewardess

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Jeanne Bates

Northeast Plane - Older Woman

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Colm Meaney

Windsor Plane - Pilot

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Steffen Foster

Windsor Plane - Co-Pilot

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James Lancaster

Windsor Plane - Navigator

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Amanda Hillwood

Windsor Plane - Stewardess

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Felicity Waterman

Windsor Plane - Stewardess

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Alan Berger

Windsor Plane - Passenger

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Vance Valencia

Foreign Military Plane - Pilot

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Gilbert Garcia

Foreign Military Plane - Co-Pilot

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Julian Reyes

Foreign Military Plane - Young Corporal

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Richard Domeier

WNTW Cameraman

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David Katz

WNTW Soundman

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Robert Lipton

WNTW Chopper Pilot

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Rob Steinberg

WZDC - Victor

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Paul Abascal

WZDC Director

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John Rubinow

WZDC Producer

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Bob Braun

WZDC Newscaster

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Dominique Jennings

WZDC Newscaster

Writing

Carol Barbee

WZDC Newscaster

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Jerry E. Parrott

Engineer

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Martin Lowery

Engineer

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Robert Sacchi

Engineer

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Dick McGarvin

Engineer

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Edward Gero

Engineer

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Stafford Morgan

Engineer

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Robert J. Bennett

Engineer

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Nick Angotti

Engineer

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Jim Hudson

Engineer

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Tom Finnegan

Engineer

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Thomas Tofel

Engineer

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Earl Houston Bullock

Engineer

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Wynn Irwin

Engineer

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Rande Scott

Engineer

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Ken Smolka

Engineer

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Robert Costanzo

Sgt. Vito Lorenzo

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Lauren Letherer

Rent-A-Car Girl

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Connie Lillo-Thieman

Information Booth Girl

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Ed DeFusco

Morgue Worker

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Charles Lanyer

Justice Man

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Bill Smillie

Custodian

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Dwayne Hargray

Luggage Worker

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John Cade

Lobby Cop

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Paul Bollen

Airport Cop

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Joseph Michael Roth

Airport Cop

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David Willis Sr.

Tow Truck Driver

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Dru Berrymore

Capt. Lorenzo's Secretary (uncredited)

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Edward Mannix

Tower Controller (voice) (uncredited)

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Robert M. Bouffard

Police Officer (uncredited)

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Michael Luggio

Police Officer (uncredited)

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James Wellington

Police Officer (uncredited)

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Scott Cranford

Airport Security Guard (uncredited)

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Reggie Luck

Airport Cop (uncredited)

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Russell McConnell

Engineer (uncredited)

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