---
title: 'Cliffhanger (1993)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Renny Harlin'
released: '1993-05-28'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cliffhanger-1993'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106582/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Cliffhanger (1993)

1993 · 113 min · Action, Thriller · Italy, United States


## Synopsis

Cliffhanger is a 1993 American action thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone as a mountain climber who becomes embroiled in the heist of a U.S. Treasury plane flying through the Rocky Mountains. It is directed by Renny Harlin and written by Stallone and Michael France. It also stars John Lithgow, Michael Rooker and Janine Turner. It was the last film to use the 1984–1993 TriStar Pictures logo. It is the first installment in the Cliffhanger film series.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Sylvester Stallone](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvester-stallone), [Michael France](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-france)
- **Director:** [Renny Harlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/renny-harlin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Trevor Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-jones)
- **Producer:** [Alan Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-marshall), [Mario Kassar](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-kassar)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alex Thomson](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-thomson)
- **Editor:** [Frank J. Urioste](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-j-urioste)

## Cast

- [Ralph Waite](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-waite)
- [Michael Rooker](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rooker)
- [Zach Grenier](https://cinepixo.com/people/zach-grenier)
- [Sylvester Stallone](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvester-stallone)
- [John Finn](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-finn)
- [Caroline Goodall](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-goodall)
- [Rosemary Dunsmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosemary-dunsmore)
- [Rex Linn](https://cinepixo.com/people/rex-linn)
- [Craig Fairbrass](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-fairbrass)
- [Janine Turner](https://cinepixo.com/people/janine-turner)
- [Bruce McGill](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-mcgill)
- [Don S. Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-s-davis)
- [Max Perlich](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-perlich)
- [Leon Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-robinson)
- [John Lithgow](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lithgow)

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