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The Hard Way (1991) [R]

Release Date:
March 8, 1991

Original Title:
The Hard Way

Alternate Titles:
Duro de Aguantar

Genres:
Action | Comedy | Crime

Production Companies:
The Badham-Cohen Group
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  DE: 16  DK: 15  FI: K-16  FR: U  GB: 15  PT: M/12  US: R 

Runtime: 111

There's only one way these two are going to get along...

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Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.

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Production

Animation Supervisor:
Dan Hoffman

Art Direction:
John Kasarda

Assistant Art Director:
Charley Beal
John Magoun
Tom Warren

Assistant Costume Designer:
George Potts

Associate Producer:
Keith Rubinstein
D. J. Caruso

Camera Operator:
William H. Steiner
Dick Mingalone

Casting:
Bonnie Timmermann

Casting Associate:
Jeff Block

Co-Producer:
Peter R. McIntosh

Construction Coordinator:
Richard T. Allen
James V. Gartland

Costume Design:
Mary E. Vogt

Costume Supervisor:
Guy Tanno

Director:
John Badham

Director of Photography:
Robert Primes
Donald McAlpine

Editor:
Tony Lombardo
Frank Morriss

First Assistant Director:
David Sosna

Gaffer:
John W. DeBlau

Hairstylist:
Rick Provenzano
Deborah La Mia Denaver
William A. Farley
Joseph Coscia

Makeup Artist:
Deborah La Mia Denaver
Bron Roylance
Bernadette Mazur

Original Music Composer:
Arthur B. Rubinstein

Producer:
Lem Dobbs
Michael Kozoll
Rob Cohen
William Sackheim

Production Coordinator:
Ingrid Johanson

Production Design:
Philip Harrison

Screenplay:
Daniel Pyne
Lem Dobbs

Script Supervisor:
Dianne Dreyer

Second Assistant Director:
Tony Adler

Second Second Assistant Director:
Frank Serrano

Second Unit Director:
Rob Cohen

Set Costumer:
Timothy Alberts

Set Decoration:
Susan Bode Tyson

Special Effects Coordinator:
Jeff Jarvis

Steadicam Operator:
David Knox

Story:
Lem Dobbs
Michael Kozoll

Stunt Coordinator:
Conrad E. Palmisano

Stunt Double:
Steven Lambert
Gene Harrison
Charles Croughwell

Stunts:
G.A. Aguilar
Diane Peterson
Nancy Ellen Anzalone
Bruce Paul Barbour
Dana Bertolette
Danny Aiello III
Paul Bucossi
Kerrie Cullen
Peter Bucossi
Frank Ferrara
Dick Hancock
Norman Douglass
Gene Harrison
Jery Hewitt
Conan Lee
Debbie Lynn Ross
Rick Seaman
Manny Siverio
Harry Wowchuk
Barbara Anne Klein
Peewee Piemonte

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