Die Hard | |
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Created by | Roderick Thorp |
Original work | Nothing Lasts Forever (1979) |
Owner | 20th Century Fox |
Years | 1988–present |
Print publications | |
Novel(s) | The Detective (1966) Nothing Lasts Forever (1979) 58 Minutes (1987) |
Comics | Die Hard: Year One[1] A Die Hard Christmas A Million Ways to Die Hard[2] |
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Miscellaneous | |
Articles | A Farewell to Arms |
Die Hard is an American action film series that originated with Roderick Thorp's 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever. All five films revolve around the main character of John McClane, a police detective who continually finds himself in the middle of a crisis where he is both the only hope against disaster and the culprit's first target.[3]
Per the franchise's name, McClane confounds repeated attempts to kill him, driving his enemies to distraction, by adding up and exploiting dumb luck. The films have grossed a combined $1.4 billion worldwide. Bruce Willis was the only actor to have appeared in all five films.