Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987 film)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Gary Sherman
Produced by Robert C. Peters
Written by Michael Patrick Goodman and
Brian Taggert &
Gary Sherman
Starring Rutger Hauer
Gene Simmons
Robert Guillaume
Mel Harris
William Russ
Music by Joe Renzetti
Cinematography Alex Nepomniaschy
Edited by Ross Albert
Distributed by New World Pictures
Release dates
  • January 16, 1987
Running time
 104 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $7,555,000 (USA)

Wanted: Dead or Alive is a 1987 film directed by Gary Sherman and starring Rutger Hauer as Nick Randall, the descendant of the character Josh Randall, played by Steve McQueen in the 1958 television series of the same name.

Plot

Nick Randall is a Los Angeles-based bounty hunter and an ex-CIA operative, who is asked by a former co-worker to help track down terrorist Malak Al Rahim. However, Malak Al Rahim is also looking for Randall, and Randall's employers tell him where to find him, resulting in the death of his best friend, Sgt. Danny Quintz, and his girlfriend Terry, eventually forcing a showdown on the waterfront.

In the end Randall brings out Rahim handcuffed with a grenade jammed in his mouth. Randall explains to his bosses that they should send his payment to the family of Danny Quintz and he will just keep the extra bonus for bringing him in alive. As he starts to leave, he says, "Fuck the bonus" and pulls the grenade pin out.

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