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.
- Director
- John Badham
- Worldwide
- $139M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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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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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Bird on a Wire returned 6.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $20M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $139M
- Release date
- May 18, 1990
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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