Wanted: Dead or Alive

19861986
RR
1h 46m

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986)

Action Crime Drama

Bounty hunter Nick Randall (Rutger Hauer) is offered two hundred fifty thousand dollars by the C.I.A. to get the terrorist behind the bombing of a Los Angeles, California movie theater. Nick... Read allBounty hunter Nick Randall (Rutger Hauer) is offered two hundred fifty thousand dollars by the C.I.A. to get the terrorist behind the bombing of a Los Angeles, California movie theater. Nick quit the C.I.A. because he couldn't trust them. Can they be trusted now, and can he stop ... Read allBounty hunter Nick Randall (Rutger Hauer) is offered two hundred fifty thousand dollars by the C.I.A. to get the terrorist behind the bombing of a Los Angeles, California movie theater. Nick quit the C.I.A. because he couldn't trust them. Can they be trusted now, and can he stop the terrorists?

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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This movie features a character who is a descendant of the character played by Steve McQueen in the television series of the same name. And like McQueen's Josh Randall, Hauer's Nick Randall is also a bounty hunter and also an ex-C.I.A. operative, who is asked by his former employer to help them track down a terrorist Malak Al Rahim (Gene Simmons), who is in the country, and has already made a move. But he is also looking for Randall, and the people, for whom Randall is working, are telling Malak where he can find Randall. —<rcs0411@yahoo.com>

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Taglines
- Nick Randall is a loner. A legend. A bounty hunter.
Genres
Certificate
- R
Parents guide

Trivia
Rutger Hauer played the descendant of the Josh Randall character, who was played by Steve McQueen on the western television series, Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958).

Goofs
About a third of the way through, Nick and other policemen are trying to disarm a suspect holding seven sticks of dynamite only 100 feet away. The dynamite explodes much less than it should; seven sticks of dynamite would level a house, and everyone would have to be at least 300 feet away to avoid serious injury or death.

Quotes
Philmore Walker: The next time you fuck me Lipton, kiss me first!

Alternate versions
There exist two different version on videotape. One where Malak Al Rahim dies at the end, by having his head blown off, and one where this doesn't happen. The ending where Rahim doesn't die, is very tame, since the picture just fades to black, and then fades back in, with Randaal sitting somewhere pondering his fate.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: The Stepfather/Duet for One/Wanted: Dead or Alive/Hoosiers (1987)

Soundtracks
Live Bait
Written by Joe Renzetti and Simon Stokes
Performed by Delaney Bramlett

Top review

During the 80's I saw every Rutger Hauer Movie

and this is one of my favorites, although he look really big and out of shape he adds some real gravity and feeling to the lead role and his nemesis played by Gene Simmons is very effetive.

Full of sensational one-liners, delievered with an absolute straight face by all involved, it is fast, furious, 80's action.

My personal favorite (used it the other day) "next time give me a kiss before you f*ck me".

In fact I'm off to the video store to rent it right now.

Jimbo

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3

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Dec 2, 2003

Release date
- January 16, 1987 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Wanted Dead or Alive
Filming locations
- San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies
- New World Pictures
- Balcor Film Investors
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Gross US & Canada
- $7,555,000
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,845,836
- Jan 18, 1987
Gross worldwide
- $7,555,000

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Runtime
1 hour 46 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Ultra Stereo
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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