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Movies like Die Hard. Yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Of course it is! The 1988 classic is fundamentally about policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) trying to be there for his estranged family ...

which included studying Alan Rickman’s memorable turn portraying Hans Gruber in the 1988 movie Die Hard. He also examined James Mason's master spy Phillip Vandamm in the 1959 classic thriller ...

Die Hard: the Musical will be performed this weekend at the West End Playhouse in Morecambe. John McClane follows his wife ...

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (February 21 ... came when he was cast as the German terrorist leader Hans Gruber in Die Hard (1988). He also appeared as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood ...