Lethal Weapon (1987) Lethal Weapon (1987)
The buddy-cop film that defined the genre. Richard Donner directed Shane Black's first sold screenplay; Joel Silver produced; Mel Gibson and Danny Glover starred as a suicidal narc and a 50-year-old family man dragged into a Vietnam-era heroin conspiracy run by Shadow Company mercenaries through Christmas-season Los Angeles.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Director | Richard Donner |
| Year | 1987 |
| Runtime | ~110 min |
| Screenplay | Shane Black |
| Producer | Joel Silver |
| Setting | Los Angeles, Christmas season |
| Martin Riggs | Mel Gibson |
| Roger Murtaugh | Danny Glover |
| Joshua | Gary Busey |
| Gen. Peter McAllister | Mitchell Ryan |
| Michael Hunsaker | Tom Atkins |
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