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Released
1991 · FILM

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

Renegade biker Harley and his grizzled cowboy sidekick Marlboro set out to rob a corrupt bank and save their friend's bar—only to hijack a deadly drug shipment that ignites a relentless chase from mobsters and financiers alike.

Who says there are no more heroes?

Directed by
Runtime
98 min
ActionCrimeDrama
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

Set in a lawless future, renegade biker Harley Davidson and his surly cowboy companion, Marlboro, discover that a corrupt bank is about to foreclose on their friend's bar as part of an expanding empire. Determined to help, Harley and Marlboro decide to rob the bank. However, they accidentally steal a drug shipment instead, leading to a dangerous chase from both criminal financiers and the mob in this rugged action adventure.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Corky EhlersShot by David EggbyScored by Basil PoledourisDesigned by Paul Peters

Box Office

1991 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$7.4M

Budget$23.0M
Worldwide gross$7.4M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $2.2M 30% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $3.2M43% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,196 theaters

Also known as

  • Harley Davidson & The Marlboro Mande
  • Harley Davidson und der Marlboro Mannde
  • Dos duros sobre ruedases
  • Harley Davidson et l'Homme aux santiagsfr
  • Harley Davidson & Marlboro Manit

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