Details

Release year: 1989

Storyline

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Top credits

Directors

Richard Donner

Writers

Cast

Mel Gibson — Martin Riggs
Danny Glover — Roger Murtaugh
Joe Pesci — Leo Getz
Patsy Kensit — Rika Van Den Haas

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Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

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Did you know

• During production, Richard Donner was shocked when Mel Gibson confided that he was drinking five pints of beer for breakfast. Despite his alcohol problems, Gibson was known for his professionalism and punctuality.

• The scene where Mel Gibson attaches cables to the stilts of a mountain-top house and pulls it down cost over $500,000.

• Leo's "okay-okay-okay" schtick was based on Disneyland employees giving directions to guests at Fantasyland. Originally, Leo was going to be an oily, effeminate character, but Joe Pesci didn't want to play him that way. He pitched the idea of making Leo all-too-eager to please, complete with "okay-okay-okay" ad libs, to Richard Donner. Donner laughed and said, "Do that! Do that!" The phrase is referred to in Home Alone (1990) by having the phrase "Oh, K Plumbing" painted on a van driven by Joe Pesci's character.