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| Rutger Hauer | ... | Nick Randall | |
| Gene Simmons | ... | Malak Al Rahim | |
| Robert Guillaume | ... | Philmore Walker | |
| Mel Harris | ... | Terry | |
| William Russ | ... | Det. Danny Quintz | |
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Susan MacDonald | ... | Louise Quintz |
| Jerry Hardin | ... | John Lipton | |
| Hugh Gillin | ... | Patrick Donoby | |
| Robert Harper | ... | Dave Henderson | |
| Eli Danker | ... | Robert Aziz | |
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Joseph Nasser | ... | Hasson |
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Suzanne Wouk | ... | Jamilla |
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Gerald Papasian | ... | Abdul Renza (as Gerald Papasyan) |
| Nick Faltas | ... | Amir | |
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Hammam Shafie | ... | Chemical Expert |
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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. & also an ex-CIA operative, who is asked by his former employer to help them track down a terrorist, Malak Al Rahim, who is in the country, and has already made a move. But he is also looking for Randall, and the people, whom Randall is working for, is telling Malak, where he can find Randall. Written by <rcs0411@yahoo.com>
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Nick Randall is a loner. A legend. A bounty hunter. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
16 January 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Wanted Dead or Alive See more »Filming Locations:
San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USAEdit
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$7,555,000Company Credits
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Ultra StereoColor:
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Malak Al Rahim: [calculating] This is Malak Al Rahim.
Morrison (City Desk): [laughing and typing name into computer]
Malak Al Rahim: Let me save you some confusion, Mr. Morrison, there are going to be a number of people phoning tonight to claim responsibility for what I am about to do...
Morrison (City Desk): [reading from computer search] Malak Al Rahim is supposed to be in South Yemen... how do I know it's really you?
Malak Al Rahim: [pressing his hand print onto the phones glass window] You'll know it's me... I'm standing outside a Fox ...
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Written by Joe Renzetti and Simon Stokes
Performed by Simon Stokes
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After waking up the first morning on his boat the "HMS Bounty", Rutger Hauer's Nick Randall character is wearing a Chicago Bears Super Bowl Champs For 1986 t-shirt. This implies that the movie was filmed and released very soon afterwards. See more »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. See more »Quotes
Morrison (City Desk): [answering phone] Hello, Morrison, City Desk...Malak Al Rahim: [calculating] This is Malak Al Rahim.
Morrison (City Desk): [laughing and typing name into computer]
Malak Al Rahim: Let me save you some confusion, Mr. Morrison, there are going to be a number of people phoning tonight to claim responsibility for what I am about to do...
Morrison (City Desk): [reading from computer search] Malak Al Rahim is supposed to be in South Yemen... how do I know it's really you?
Malak Al Rahim: [pressing his hand print onto the phones glass window] You'll know it's me... I'm standing outside a Fox ...
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Doncha Know That ...?Written by Joe Renzetti and Simon Stokes
Performed by Simon Stokes
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Having only a passing tie to the late '50's/ early 60's Steve McQueen helmed TV show of the same name (Nick is Josh grandson or some such nonsense), this movie is a mean and violent little number has B-movie mainstay Rutger Hauer starring as Nick Randall, a tough talking, no nonsense, 'my way or the highway' type bounty hunter who comes out of retirement at the request of Benson..sorry I mean Robert Guillaume (who always has some of the best lines in the movie as Philmore Walker) to apprehend a nefarious terrorist Arab (played ironically by Gene Simmons). He does so with tactics that would make Jack Bauer whimper in the corner, while at the same time dealing with slimy bureaucratic red-tape. This is a great mindless action flick and holds up well amongst repeat viewings. But the mere fact that the Writer/Director of this great little film went on to write and direct the utterly horrid "Poltergeist III" right afterwards boggles the mind.
My Grade: B+