Die Hard

Based On the book by Roderick Thorp

Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza, based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. It stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, and Bonnie Bedelia, with Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton, Paul Gleason, and Hart Bochner in supporting roles. Die Hard follows a New York City police detective, John McClane (Willis), who becomes entangled in a terrorist takeover of a Los Angeles skyscraper while visiting his estranged wife during a Christmas Eve party. Stuart was hired by 20th Century Fox to adapt Thorp's novel in 1987.

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Release date:

July 15, 1988

Director:

John McTiernan

Cast:

Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton

Genre:

Action, Heist, Action thriller, Christmas

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1988 in adaptations