Bird on a Wire
“He’s every woman’s dream and one woman’s nightmare.”
An FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years. Now an old flame has recognised him, and the bad guys are back for revenge.
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Cast
37 people
Mel Gibson
Richard 'Rick' Jarmin
Known for
Braveheart
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Goldie Hawn
Marianne Graves
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Death Becomes Her
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David Carradine
Eugene Sorensen
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
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Bill Duke
Albert Diggs
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Predator
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Stephen Tobolowsky
Joe Weyburn
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Groundhog Day
Memento
Joan Severance
Rachel Varney
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil
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Harry Caesar
Marvin Larson
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The Longest Yard
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Jeff Corey
Lou Baird
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Conan the Destroyer
Alex Bruhanski
Raun
Known for
Look Who's Talking
Cousins
John Pyper-Ferguson
Jamie
Known for
The Last Ship
Alphas
Clyde Kusatsu
Mr. Takawaki
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Jackson Davies
Paul Bernard
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John Badham Director · David Seltzer Screenplay Louis Venosta Screenplay
Director
John Badham
Screenplay
David Seltzer
Screenplay Story
Louis Venosta
Screenplay Story
Eric Lerner
Composer
Hans Zimmer
Cinematographer
Robert Primes
Editor
Dallas Puett
Editor
Frank Morriss
Production designer
Philip Harrison
Costume designer
Eduardo Castro
Costume designer
Monique Prudhomme
Costume designer
Wayne A. Finkelman
Worldwide gross $139M · Budget $20M · United States release May 18, 1990
Box office
Budget
$20,000,000
Worldwide gross
$138,697,012
Gross vs. budget
6.9×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Interscope Communications
Production
The Badham-Cohen Group
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Netherlands · May 18, 1990
Premiere
United States · May 18, 1990
Theatrical
Australia
June 7, 1990 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 7, 1990 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 14, 1990 · Theatrical
Finland
July 20, 1990 · Theatrical
France
September 12, 1990 · Theatrical
June 20, 2000 · Physical · DVD
March 8, 2012 · Digital · VOD
July 8, 2020 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
September 5, 1990 · Theatrical
Greece
September 25, 1990 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 16, 1990 · Theatrical
Italy
October 19, 1990 · Theatrical
Japan
September 14, 1990 · Theatrical
Portugal
July 30, 1990 · Theatrical
South Korea
September 29, 1990 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 19, 1990 · Theatrical
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