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6.1A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.
Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as U.S. Marshal John 'The Eraser' Kruger
- Vanessa Williams as Lee Cullen
- James Caan as U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
- James Coburn as WitSec Chief Beller
- Robert Pastorelli as Johnny Casteleone
- James Cromwell as William Donohue
Themes
- suicide
- showdown
- ambush
- hitman
- hostage
- traitor
- new identity
- witness
- witness protection
- arms dealer
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Chuck Russell
- Screenplay by
- Tony Puryear Walon Green
- Story by
- Tony Puryear Walon Green Michael S. Chernuchin
- Produced by
- Arnold Kopelson Anne Kopelson
- Starring
- Arnold Schwarzenegger Vanessa Williams James Caan James Coburn Robert Pastorelli
- Cinematography
- Adam Greenberg
- Edited by
- Michael Tronick
- Music by
- Alan Silvestri
- Production company
- Kopelson Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release dates
- June 11, 1996 ( 1996-06-11 ) (Hollywood) June 21, 1996 ( 1996-06-21 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 114 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $100 million
- Box office
- $242.3 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Eraser is a 1996 American action film directed by Chuck Russell and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Caan, James Coburn, and Robert Pastorelli.
The film tells the story of a U.S. Marshal of WITSEC who protects a senior operative testifying about an illegal arms deal and is forced to fight his former allies when one of the players is revealed to be a mole inside WITSEC.
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