Key Cast: Danny Glover, Mel Gibson, Gary Busey, Mitch Ryan, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, Traci Wolfe, Jackie Swanson, Damon Hines, Ebonie Smith, Bill Kalmenson
Rating: R
Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Description
Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is an easygoing homicide detective with a loving family, a big house and a pension he doesn’t want to lose. Imagine Murtaugh’s shock when he learns his new partner is a guy (Mel Gibson) with nothing left to lose.
"Lethal Weapon" is the thrill-packed story of two Vietnam-vets-turned-cops who have just one other thing in common: both hate to work with partners. But their partnership becomes the key to survival when a routine murder investigation leads to all-out, take-no-prisoners, martial-arts-and-machine-funs war with an international heroin ring.
Trivia
∙ "Lethal Weapon" is considered a good example of a successful “buddy film” where two people of different backgrounds and ethnicities star together in a movie. Other successful “buddy films” are Beverly Hills Cop and 48Hrs. which are both Top 100 BlackClassicMovies.com films.
∙ Danny Glover’s character, Sergeant Murtaugh, is 50 years old in the movie, but Danny Glover was only 40 years old at the time.
∙ Darlene Love, who plays Danny Glover’s wife in all of the Lethal Weapon movies, is a talented Rhythm & Blues singer. She was a background singer in the sixties for many artists including Sam Cooke, Elvis Presley, The Righteous Brothers and Dionne Warwick. She has recorded and released a number of CDs.
∙ This was the first movie in a series of four Lethal Weapon movies: Lethal Weapon 2, Lethal Weapon 3 and Lethal Weapon 4.
Awards
∙ Won three 1989 NAACP Image Awards: Outstanding Motion Picture, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture (Danny Glover) and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Traci Wolfe).
∙ Nominated for a 1988 Academy Award for Best Sound.
DVD Availability
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"Lethal Weapon" Movie Posters
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Lethal Weapon Complete Series DVD Set
The Lethal Weapon – The Complete Series DVD set contains all four Lethal Weapon movies – Lethal Weapon 1
Lethal Weapon 2
Lethal Weapon 3
Lethal Weapon 4
Darlene Love - Singer
Darlene Love, who plays Danny Glover's wife, Trish Murtaugh, in
all of the Lethal Weapon movies actually is a superb singer.
She founded "The Blossoms" singing group in the 1950s and
then went on to record
many single records and tour as a
background artist for other singers like Cher.
Darlene Love is described as having "One of the best known voices
but least known names in the Rock industry."
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