John McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.
Trivia
Each film in the Die Hard series contains a key scene involving an elevator.
Director
John McTiernan
Writers
Screenplay
Jonathan Hensleigh
Based on
Simon Says by Jonathan Hensleigh
Characters by Roderick Thorp
Cast
Bruce Willis as Lieutenant John McClane
Jeremy Irons as Simon Peter Gruber / Colonel Peter Krieg
Samuel L. Jackson as Zeus Carver
Graham Greene as Detective Joe Lambert
Colleen Camp as Detective Connie Kowalski
Larry Bryggman as Inspector Walter Cobb
Anthony Peck as Detective Ricky Walsh
Nick Wyman as Mathias Targo
Sam Phillips as Katya
Stephen Pearlman as Dr. Fred Schiller
Kevin Chamberlin as Bomb Squad Officer Charlie Weiss
Richard Russell Ramos as FBI Chief Hugh Prantera
Charles Dumas as FBI Agent Andy Cross
Michael Cristofer as CIA Agent Bill Jarvis
