Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon is a 1987 American action film directed by Richard Donner and written by Shane Black. 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.
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| Running time | 110 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $15 million
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| Box office | $120.2 million
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![Lethal Weapon - Films in Review Magazine Cover [United States] (May 1987)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/a/i/aih4ey36i2f96fei.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Mel Gibson - Cinema Papers Magazine Cover [Australia] (July 1987)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/y/d/ydl32bs5v5b9s53y.jpg?skj2io4l)
Roger Murtaugh: No way you live. No way.
- Film's soundtrack includes Elvis Presley song I'll Be Home for Christmas. Darlene Love, who plays Murtaugh's wife, was background dancer in Elvis' production Elvis.
- Leonard Nimoy was one of the choices considered for directing, but he didn't feel comfortable doing action movies, and he was working on 3 Men and a Baby at the time.
- On E! True Hollywood Story, Gary Busey says he was hired to play Joshua because they were looking for someone big and menacing enough to be a believable foe for Mel Gibson. Busey also credits the film for reviving his failing movie career.
- According to a June 2007 Vanity Fair article, Bruce Willis was considered for the Riggs role.
- Danny Glover's character (Sergeant Roger Murtaugh) is 50 years old in the movie, but Glover was only 40 years old in 1986.
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