Bird On A Wire
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Universal Studios  (1990) 110 mins PG-13

5.4 (10,091 votes)
Hiding under the FBI witness relocation program, Rick Jarmin (Mel Gibson) gets nervous when old flame Marianne Graves (Goldie Hawn) recognizes him. But before he can assume a new identity, the man he put in jail (David Carradine) is released and comes to pay his respects. Rick and Marianne find themselves thrown together on an exhilarating cross-country scramble, barely evading the gangsters, police and an amorous veterinarian (Joan Severance). Directed by John Badham....

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Cast and Crew
Mel Gibson  ......  Rick Jarmin
Goldie Hawn  ......  Marianne Graves
David Carradine  ......  Eugene Sorenson
Bill Duke  ......  Albert Diggs
Stephen Tobolowsky  ......  Joe Weyburn
Joan Severance  ......  Rachel Varney
Director  .....  John Badham
Producer  .....  Rob Cohen
Writer  .....  Louis Venosta; Eric Lerner; David Seltzer
Notes
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: The black Corvette in the opening credits is a 1980-1981 model (you can tell by the crossed flags on the nose and the shape of the bumper), but the car that pulls into the prison parking lot is a 1979 model. (more)

Trivia:
Feature film debut of Christopher Judge. (more)

Filming Locations:
3rd Street, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (more)

Quotes:
Marianne Graves: Feels familiar doesn't it?
Rick Jarmin: I thought you didn't remember.
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