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Lethal Weapon
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Richard Donner
Written by
Shane Black
Produced by
Richard Donner Joel Silver
Starring
Mel Gibson
Danny Glover
Gary Busey
Cinematography
Stephen Goldblatt
Edited by
Stuart Baird
Music by
Michael Kamen Eric Clapton
Production company
Silver Pictures
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release date
March 6, 1987 (1987-03-06)
Running time
112 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$15 million
Box office
$120.2 million[1]
Lethal Weapon is a 1987 American buddy cop action 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 franchise that includes three sequels and a television series, with a fourth sequel in development.
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