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South African smugglers find themselves being hounded and harassed by Riggs and Murtaugh, two mismatched Los Angeles police officers. However, the South Africans are protected by diplomatic immunity, and so the two are assigned to witness-protection duty in an attempt by their captain to keep his job. It is only when this witness reveals to them that he has already dealt with the smugglers that the trouble really starts.Description

Release date: July 7, 1989 (USA)

Director: Richard Donner

Music composed by: Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen, David Sanborn

Distributed by: Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures

Box office: $227.9 million

Screenplay by: Jeffrey Boam

• Mel Gibson