Lethal Weapon

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action film action-comedy film buddy cop film film

Lethal Weapon is a 1987 action-comedy film that popularized the buddy-cop genre through its mix of intense action, dark humor, and the dynamic partnership of Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.

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Label	Occurrences
Lethal Weapon canonical	24
Lethal Weapon film series	7
Lethal Weapon (film series)	1

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instanceOf	action film ⓘ action-comedy film ⓘ buddy cop film ⓘ film ⓘ
basedInFranchise	Lethal Weapon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lethal Weapon film series
boxOfficeSuccess	true ⓘ
character	Joshua ⓘ Martin Riggs ⓘ Michael Hunsaker ⓘ Roger Murtaugh ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Stephen Goldblatt ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Richard Donner ⓘ
distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy	Stuart Baird ⓘ
era	1980s Hollywood action cinema ⓘ
genre	action ⓘ buddy cop ⓘ comedy ⓘ crime ⓘ
hasSequel	Lethal Weapon 2 ⓘ Lethal Weapon 3 ⓘ Lethal Weapon 4 ⓘ
mainCharacterPortrayedBy	Martin Riggs ⓘ surface form: Martin Riggs – Mel Gibson Roger Murtaugh ⓘ surface form: Roger Murtaugh – Danny Glover
musicBy	David Sanborn ⓘ Eric Clapton ⓘ Michael Kamen ⓘ
narrativeFocus	partnership between a suicidal cop and a veteran detective ⓘ
notableFor	dynamic partnership between Mel Gibson and Danny Glover ⓘ mix of intense action and dark humor ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
popularized	buddy cop genre ⓘ
producer	Joel Silver ⓘ
productionCompany	Silver Pictures ⓘ
ratingMPAA	R ⓘ
releaseDate	1987-03-06 ⓘ
releaseYear	1987 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	110 ⓘ
setInLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ
setInPeriod	1980s ⓘ
starring	Danny Glover ⓘ Darlene Love ⓘ Gary Busey ⓘ Mel Gibson ⓘ Mitchell Ryan ⓘ Tom Atkins ⓘ Traci Wolfe ⓘ
writer	Shane Black ⓘ

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Stuart Baird → notableWork → Lethal Weapon ⓘ

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Michael Kamen → notableWork → Lethal Weapon ⓘ

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Gary Busey → notableWork → Lethal Weapon ⓘ

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