First Action Hero

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First Action Hero
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Directed by Nini Grassia
Produced byLucy Denis
Anthony Gray
Written byNini Grassia
Starring Fabio Testi
Ron Nummi
Gabriele Ferzetti
Music byNini Grassia
Aldo Tamborelli
CinematographyLuigi Ciccarese
Edited byVanio Amici
Distributed byPAG
Release date
  • 1994 (1994)
Running time
90 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian
Budget$2.5 million
Box office$6,000,000

First Action Hero is a cult 1994 film starring Fabio Testi as Tony Fierro with Ron Nummi as Hoagy and directed by Nini Grassia. It has the alternative Italian name Il Burattinaio.

Plot

One man takes on a massive crime ring in First Action Hero. Set in Miami, this fast-paced film features a stressed-out but savvy cop who tries to bust up a gang of millionaire mobsters who deal in drugs, violence, and prostitution. [1]

An unconventional, off-the-rails cop is transferred back to his old precinct, Miami, to prevent a gang war. He is forced to juggle his cop duties with the pressures of dealing with his troubled family life and a strait-laced DA.

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