New York City Detective John McClane becomes the only hope for a small group of hostages, trapped in a Los Angeles high-rise office building when it is seized by terrorists on Christmas Eve.

• 2 hr 13 min
• Directed by

  John Mc Tiernan
• Written by Steven E. De Souza, Jeb Stuart

• Starring

  Bruce Willis

  ,

  Alan Rickman

  ,

  Bonnie Bedelia

  ,

  Alexander Godunov

  ,

  Reginald Vel Johnson

  ,

  William Atherton

  ,

  Paul Gleason

  ,

  De'voreaux White

  ,

  Hart Bochner

  ,

  James Shigeta

  ,

  Robert Davi

  ,

  Grand L. Bush

  ,

  Clarence Jr. Gilyard

  ,

  Selma Archerd

  ,

  Cheryl Baker

  ,

  Rebecca Broussard

  ,

  Betty Carvalho

  ,

  Rick Ducommun

  ,

  Taylor Fry

  ,

  Mark Goldstein

  ,

  Dennis Hayden

  ,

  Matt Landers

  ,

  Michele Laybourn

  ,

  Robert Lesser

  ,

  Bill Marcus

  ,

  Joey Plewa

  ,

  Mary Ellen Trainor

  ,

  David Ursin

  ,

  Wilhelm Von Homburg

  ,

  Andreas Wisniewski

  ,

  David Katz