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D5310 (USA, 1988) (Other titles: Piege de cristal; Stirb langsam; Trappola di cristallo)

Credits: director, John McTiernan ; writers, , Steven E. de Souza ; story, Roderick Thorp. Cast: , , Reginald Veljohnson, , Grand L. Bush. Summary: Action/adventure film set in contemporary . A team of terrorists thieves has seized an office building in L.A. and taken hostages. A New York cop (Willis), in town to spend Christmas with his estranged wife (Bedelia), is the only hope for the people held by the thieves. Two FBI agents assigned to the case (Davi and Bush) are Vietnam veterans.

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