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Passenger 57
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6.0Airline security specialist John Cutter, finally returning to the job after his wife's death, finds himself stuck on a flight being hijacked by notorious terrorist Charles Rane. Unfortunately for the terrorists, they're also stuck with him.
Cast
- Wesley Snipes as John Cutter
- Bruce Payne as Charles Rane
- Tom Sizemore as Sly Delvecchio
- Alex Datcher as Marti Slayton
- Bruce Greenwood as Stuart Ramsey
- Robert Hooks as Dwight Henderson
Themes
- florida
- airport
- fbi
- hijacking
- ex-cop
- los angeles, california
- terrorism
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Kevin Hooks
- Screenplay by
- David Loughery , Dan Gordon
- Story by
- Stewart Raffill , Dan Gordon
- Produced by
- Dan Paulson, Lee Rich , Dylan Sellers
- Starring
- Wesley Snipes Bruce Payne Tom Sizemore
- Cinematography
- Mark Irwin
- Edited by
- Richard Nord
- Music by
- Stanley Clarke
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- November 6, 1992 ( 1992-11-06 )
- Running time
- 84 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $15 million
- Box office
- $66.5 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Passenger 57 is a 1992 American action thriller film directed by Kevin Hooks. The film stars Wesley Snipes and Bruce Payne, with Snipes portraying security consultant John Cutter who finds himself forced to foil a plot to free captive terrorist Charles Rane during a commercial airline flight. Critical reviews were mixed, but the film was a box-office success, and made Snipes a popular action hero icon.
Plot
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