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Title: The Hard Way (1991)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Michael J. Fox | ... | Nick Lang | |
| James Woods | ... | John Moss | |
| Stephen Lang | ... | Party Crasher | |
| Annabella Sciorra | ... | Susan | |
| John Capodice | ... | Grainy | |
| Luis Guzmán | ... | Pooley (as Luis Guzman) | |
| LL Cool J | ... | Billy | |
| Mary Mara | ... | China | |
| Delroy Lindo | ... | Captain Brix | |
| Conrad Roberts | ... | Witherspoon | |
| Penny Marshall | ... | Angie | |
| Christina Ricci | ... | Bonnie | |
| George Cheung | ... | Drug Dealer | |
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Frank Geraci | ... | Newsman |
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Sophie Maletsky | ... | Pizza Waitress |
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Nick Lang is a famous Hollywood actor, well known for his action movies. For his next movie, he needs the proper motivation and inspiration for his role. Thus he teams up with the reluctant New York policeman Lt. John Moss. Not only does he have to put up with Nick, who is laborious and out of touch with realities, but he also has to catch a coldblooded murderer. Written by Mattias Pettersson <seaman@sbbs.se>
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Michael J. Fox as Hollywood's most spoiled movie star: James Woods as New York's angriest cop. See more »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
8 March 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$6,301,470, 10 March 1991Gross USA:
$25,895,485Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$65,595,485Company Credits
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Operator: 9-1-1 Emergency.
Party Crasher: Hello there! It's me - again! Well, what can I say? I'm about to crash another party.
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Penny Marshall (Angie) and Kathy Najimy (Lang's Girl Friday) also worked together on Hocus Pocus; Najimy as witch Mary Sanderson and Marshall as the wife of her real life brother, Gary Marshall. See more »Goofs
The subway shootout was shot in the Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station in Brooklyn ("HOYT" is visible on the walls), even though all exterior shots show the station as Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall in lower Manhattan. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Operator: 9-1-1 Emergency.
Party Crasher: Hello there! It's me - again! Well, what can I say? I'm about to crash another party.
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Fightin' BoogieWritten by Harry Garfield
Performed by Pack and Plow
Courtesy of Pseudo Bwana Special Products
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Entertaining mix of action and comedy, at least for the first two-thirds of its length. Then there are some rather overextended action sequences and the film loses some of its comic edge. Still, the acting is first-rate all around, with Fox and Woods offering many laughs when the script gives them the chance, and Stephen Lang a highly enjoyable, totally loony villain. (**1/2)