Hudson Hawk is a 1991 American action comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann and starring Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, Sandra Bernhard, and Richard E. Grant. The film follows a cat burglar who is blackmailed into stealing three priceless Leonardo da Vinci artifacts in order to power a machine that turns lead into gold.
Eddie Hawkins (Willis), nicknamed "Hudson Hawk," is a skilled cat burglar who is released from prison after serving a ten-year sentence. He is immediately blackmailed by a wealthy couple, Minerva and Darwin Mayflower (Bernhard and Grant), into stealing three priceless Leonardo da Vinci artifacts: a maquette of the Sforza, the Da Vinci Codex, and a scale model of da Vinci's helicopter. The Mayflowers plan to use the artifacts to power a machine that turns lead into gold.
Hawk is reluctant to help the Mayflowers, but he is forced to agree after they kidnap his friend and partner, Tommy Five-Tone (Aiello). Hawk teams up with his girlfriend, Anna Baragli (MacDowell), a nun who is working undercover for the Vatican, to steal the artifacts and stop the Mayflowers from carrying out their plan.
Hudson Hawk is a fast-paced and action-packed film with a lot of humor. It is also a visually stunning film, with some beautiful cinematography. It was a commercial failure when it was released, but it has since become a cult classic.
Cast
- Bruce Willis as Eddie "Hudson Hawk" Hawkins
- Danny Aiello as Tommy "Five-Tone" Messina
- Andie MacDowell as Anna Baragli
- Richard E. Grant as Darwin Mayflower
- Sandra Bernhard as Minerva Mayflower
- Donald Burton as Alfred
- Don Harvey as "Snickers"
- David Caruso as "Kit Kat"
- Andrew Bryniarski as "Butterfinger"
- Lorraine Toussaint as "Almond Joy"
- Frank Stallone as Cesar Mario
- Carmine Zozzora as Antony Mario
- James Coburn as George Kaplan
- Doug Martin as Igg
- Steven M. Martin as Ook
- Leonardo Cimino as The Cardinal
- Enrico Verso as The Apprentice
- Courtenay Semel as Bratty Girl In Museum
- Frank Welker as Bunny The Dog
- William Conrad as The Narrator
Director: Michael Lehmann
Writers: Bruce Willis Robert Kraft Steven E. de Souza
Box Office Gross: $17,218,080
Distributor: TriStar Pictures
Genre: Action Adventure Comedy
Release Date: May 24, 1991
