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Quick Info

Rating

5.7/10

Release1991

Runtime1h 40m

StatusReleased

Budget$65,000,000

Revenue$17,218,080

Production

TriStar Pictures

Silver Pictures

Movie

Hudson Hawk

1991

1h 40m

5.7

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Synopsis

Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci. If he refuses, they threaten to kill his friend Tommy.

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