Eraser
He will erase your past to protect your future.
1996 | 115m | English
Popularity: 9 (history)
| Director: | Chuck Russell |
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| Writer: | Walon Green, Tony Puryear, Michael S. Chernuchin |
| Staring: |
| A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 21, 1996 |
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| Director: | Chuck Russell |
| Writer: | Walon Green, Tony Puryear, Michael S. Chernuchin |
| Genres: | Action, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | suicide, ambush, showdown, hostage, traitor, new identity, hitman, witness, witness protection, arms dealer, deception, betrayal, treason, conspiracy, u.s. marshal, gunfight, train, explosion, sabotage, corporate crime, rogue agent, assassination attempt, aggressive, x-ray vision, railgun, dramatic, frightened |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, Kopelson Entertainment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $242,295,562
Budget: $100,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Sep 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | U.S. Marshal John 'The Eraser' Kruger |
| Vanessa Williams | Lee Cullen |
| James Caan | U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin |
| James Coburn | WitSec Chief Beller |
| Robert Pastorelli | Johnny Casteleone |
| James Cromwell | William Donohue |
| Danny Nucci | WitSec Deputy Monroe |
| Andy Romano | Undersecretary of Defense Daniel Harper |
| Nick Chinlund | WitSec Agent Calderon |
| Michael Papajohn | WitSec Agent Schiffer |
| Joe Viterelli | Tony Two-Toes |
| Mark Rolston | J. Scar |
| John Slattery | FBI Agent Corman |
| Robert Miranda | Frediano |
| Roma Maffia | Claire Isaacs |
| Tony Longo | Little Mike |
| Gerry Becker | Morehart |
| John Snyder | Sal |
| Melora Walters | Darleen |
| Olek Krupa | Sergei Ivanovich Petrofsky |
| Cylk Cozart | Darryl |
| K. Todd Freeman | Duton |
| Rocco Sisto | Pauley |
| Gerald Berns | Young Agent |
| Steven Ford | Knoland |
| Ismael 'East' Carlo | Father Rodriguez |
| Tommy J. Huff | Somes |
| Rick Batalla | Kevin, the Bartender |
| Michael Gregory | Leiman |
| Patrick Kilpatrick | James Haggerty |
| James Short | Crane Sniper |
| A.J. Nay | Sniper #2 |
| Camryn Manheim | Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary |
| Skipp Sudduth | Watch Commander |
| Anthony Fusco | WitSec Ops |
| Gregory McKinney | WitSec Ops |
| Craig Barnett | Clerk |
| Corey Joshua Taylor | Officer |
| Rick Marzan | Crawford |
| Brian Libby | Perimeter Guy |
| Danny Wynands | Perimeter Guy |
| David Fonteno | Security Official |
| Sonny King | Security Guard |
| Ed W. Rote | Security Guard |
| Mike Cameron | Gate Guard |
| Tim Colceri | Lobby Guard |
| Dieter R. Trippel | Lobby Guard |
| Matthew Mahaney | Vault Guard |
| Denis Forest | Technician |
| Christopher Mankiewicz | Zoo Guard |
| Mike Stone | Zoo Killer #1 |
| Kevin Fry-Bowers | Dock Guard |
| Sam Scarber | Dock Guard |
| Richie Varga | Secretary |
| Ben Shenkman | Reporter |
| Dominic Marcus | Reporter |
| Pat Collins | Anchorman |
| Dorin Seymour | Attorney |
| Clayton Landey | WitSec Agent |
| Terry Beeman | Dancer |
| M.G. Gong | Dancer |
| Sebastian La Cause | Dancer |
| Frank Minitello | Paramedic |
| Charles Chiquette | Office Worker #1 |
| Glenndon Chatman | Glenndon |
| Camille Winbush | Camille |
| Vic Polizos | Hannon |
| James Frank Clark | Locomotive Engineer |
| David Bilson | Pilot |
| Al Cerullo | Pilot |
| Rick Shuster | Pilot |
| Diana Morgan | Female Reporter |
| Michael J. Oliver | Russian Teen (uncredited) |
| Mischa Hausserman | Airplane Captain |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Franco Columbu | Stunts |
| Norman Howell | Stunts |
| Peter Kent | Stunts |
| Michael Owen | Stunts |
| Dieter Rauter | Stunts |
| Scott Rogers | Stunts |
| Mike Smith | Stunts |
| Tim Trella | Stunts |
| Peewee Piemonte | Stunts |
| Mick O'Rourke | Stunts |
| Chris Cenatiempo | Stunts |
| Scott Wilder | Stunts |
| Walon Green | Writer, Screenplay |
| Alan Silvestri | Original Music Composer, Conductor |
| Adam Greenberg | Director of Photography |
| Chuck Russell | Director |
| Michael Tronick | Editor |
| Bonnie Timmermann | Casting |
| Jeff Dawn | Makeup Department Head |
| Alan Robert Murray | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Denise Ream | Visual Effects Producer |
| Patrick Dinhut | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Joel Kramer | Stunt Coordinator |
| Bruce McBroom | Still Photographer |
| Dan Kneece | Steadicam Operator |
| Pete Antico | Stunts |
| Christopher Boyes | Sound Designer |
| Karen Fouts | Assistant Accountant |
| Kyle Cooper | Title Designer |
| April Weeden | Stunt Double |
| Fern Champion | Additional Casting |
| Terry Leonard | Second Unit Director |
| Erik Cord | Stunts |
| Chuck Picerni Jr. | Stunts |
| Troy Brown | Stunts |
| Gary J. Wayton | Stunts |
| Manny Perry | Stunts |
| Tim A. Davison | Stunts |
| John C. Meier | Stunts |
| John Cenatiempo | Stunts |
| Joe Bucaro III | Stunts |
| Danny Epper | Stunts |
| Billy D. Lucas | Stunts |
| Cazimir Milostan | Stunts |
| Michael Runyard | Stunts |
| Darrin Prescott | Stunts |
| Sven-Ole Thorsen | Stunts |
| Keith Woulard | Stunts |
| Chuck Zito | Stunts |
| Scott Workman | Stunts |
| Jalil Jay Lynch | Stunts |
| Henry Kingi Jr. | Stunts |
| John Rottger | Stunts |
| Chuck Borden | Stunts |
| Max Daniels | Stunts |
| Andrew Bernstein | Second Assistant Director |
| Dick Ziker | Stunts |
| Gary Epper | Stunts |
| Bob Brown | Stunts |
| Tony Puryear | Writer, Screenplay |
| Michael S. Chernuchin | Writer |
| Bub Asman | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Jeffrey J. Haboush | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Terry D. Frazee | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Kate Crossley | Visual Effects Editor |
| William Ladd Skinner | Art Direction |
| Beatrice De Alba | Hairstylist |
| Moshe Levin | Camera Operator |
| Richard Bruno | Costume Design |
| Marvin Salsberg | Construction Coordinator |
| Patrick Bietz | Sound Effects Editor |
| Norman Kent | Camera Operator |
| Louis Lazzara | Makeup Artist |
| Dawn Snyder | Assistant Art Director |
| Lisa Fisher | Visual Effects Producer |
| Michael Gleason | Visual Effects Editor |
| Jessica Gallavan | ADR & Dubbing |
| Joel Hynek | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Joe Olsen | Property Master |
| Dennis J. Parrish | Property Master |
| Wayne R. Campbell | Transportation Coordinator |
| Dayne Johnson | Makeup Artist |
| Dave Newhouse | Greensman |
| Jerelyn J. Harding | ADR & Dubbing |
| Doug Jackson | Sound Effects Editor |
| John E. Sullivan | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Susan Malerstein | Script Supervisor |
| Hugo Peña | Costume Supervisor |
| Bill Kenney | Production Design |
| Garrett Lewis | Set Decoration |
| John Voss Bonds Jr. | Sound Effects Editor |
| Will Kaplan | Music Editor |
| Dawn C. Dreiling | Script Supervisor |
| Peter Tothpal | Hairstylist |
| Christopher S. Aud | Sound Effects Editor |
| Kenneth Karman | Music Editor |
| Kevin E. Carpenter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Jim Kail | Makeup Artist |
| Joseph F. Valentine | Camera Operator |
| Samuel C. Crutcher | Sound Effects Editor |
| James J. Klinger | Sound Effects Editor |
| Michael St. Hilaire | Camera Operator |
| Peter M. Tobyansen | Location Manager |
| Steve Newman | Publicist |
| Roger Huynh | VFX Artist |
| Walter Newman | Sound Effects Editor |
| Alison E. McBryde | Casting Associate |
| Erica L. Hiller | Post Production Supervisor |
| Erin Franklyn | Rigging Grip |
| Robert Eber | Sound Mixer |
| Tom Southwell | Production Illustrator |
| Thomas Lauifi | Carpenter |
| Mark McKenzie | Orchestrator |
| Tom Nelson | Production Sound Mixer |
| Deborah Brozina | First Assistant Camera |
| Shaw Hawkins Burrows | Electrician |
| Vince De Quattro | Digital Compositors |
| Richard Salinas | Painter |
| Ray McCort | Aerial Coordinator |
| Henry Stuart John | Construction Foreman |
| Michael Guthrie | Grip |
| Darryl Murchison | Lighting Technician |
| Steve Bowerman | Boom Operator |
| Kevin Andrew Smith | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Masako Masuda | Set Designer |
| Jacqueline L. Hurd | Picture Car Coordinator |
| James Jermyn | Loader |
| Frank Capra III | First Assistant Director |
| James W. Kristoff | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Alexandra Altrocchi | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Ahmed Saker | Set Medic |
| Mark Woods | Leadman |
| Raymond Michels | Key Grip |
| Mitch Friedman | Driver |
| Fred Apolito | Propmaker |
| Walt Miller | Transportation Co-Captain |
| Robert C. Campion | Production Accountant |
| John Deall | Makeup Effects |
| Terry Ladin | Production Coordinator |
| David Horton Jr. | Foley Editor |
| Brad Emmons | Rigging Gaffer |
| Kevin Elam | Production Manager |
| Justin Moritt | Production Supervisor |
| Adam Baer | Location Scout |
| Bill 'Kauhane' Hoyt | Standby Painter |
| Nicholas Brooks | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Delia Circelli | Production Office Coordinator |
| Dale E. Grahn | Color Timer |
| Dean Striepeke | Video Assist Operator |
| Chris Buchinsky | Storyboard |
| Todd Harris | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Eliot Sash | Stunt Driver |
| Kim Nolan | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Bradford Cox | Sound Assistant |
| Steve Aredas | Second Assistant Camera |
| Bobby Burton | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Peter Montagna | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Karey Maltzahn | Visual Effects Assistant Editor |
| William Cueto | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Gary F. Kieldrup | Assistant Property Master |
| Eugene Crum | Special Effects Assistant |
| Mo Henry | Negative Cutter |
| Eric Gotthelf | Foley Mixer |
| Anthony Braun | Assistant Camera |
| David Taritero | Visual Effects Production Manager |
| David Bifano | Music Programmer |
| Rick Roesch | Payroll Accountant |
| Kory O'Donnell | Production Secretary |
| Alfred E. Smithey | Best Boy Grip |
| Lucy Coldsnow-Smith | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Fredrick R. Bresky | Visual Effects Production Assistant |
| Brenton Fletcher | CG Animator |
| Peter Sobich Jr. | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Nick Corbett | Production Assistant |
| Stephen Sobisky | Project Manager |
| Michael Haro | Assistant Location Manager |
| Christian Hatfield | CG Artist |
| Catherine Flynn | ADR Editor |
| Troy Porter | ADR Mixer |
| Damon Cohoon | Assistant Dialogue Editor |
| James Simcik | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Victoria Bruno | Costumer |
| Kendrick Wallace | Additional Visual Effects |
| Harry Lu | Technical Advisor |
| Joseph Stephans | Location Assistant |
| John F. Reynolds | Dialogue Editor |
| Patrick J. Foley | Dialogue Editor |
| Michael Key | Makeup Artist |
| Barbara Lee-Belmonte | Stunts |
| Sharon Kramer | Stunts |
| Teri Garland | Stunts |
| Kimberly Cossette | Stunts |
| Ericka Bryce | Stunts |
| Janet Brady | Stunts |
| Tom Priestley Jr. | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Mike Benson | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Francine Morris | Stunt Double |
| William H. Burton Jr. | Stunts |
| Tom Lupo | Stunts |
| Bennie Moore | Stunts |
| Alan Oliney | Stunts |
| Monty L. Simons | Stunts |
| Tim Werner | Stunts |
| Tommy J. Huff | Stunts |
| Anthony T. Pennello | Stunts |
| Matt Johnston | Stunts |
| Mark Lonsdale | Stunts |
| Danial Donai | Stunts |
| Tom Elliott | Stunts |
| Bobby Bass | Stunts |
| Jake Brake | Stunts |
| Perry Barndt | Stunts |
| Jeff Podgurski | Stunts |
| David Walling | Stunts |
| Alan Wurtzel | Stunts |
| Bob McGovern | Stunts |
| Carlos A. Herzer | Stunts |
| Gunter Simon | Stunts |
| Alexander Denk | Stunt Double |
| Tim Gallin | Stunts |
| John Ashby | Stunts |
| Maria Norman | Executive Assistant |
| Lane Leavitt | Stunts |
| Michael L. Fink | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Charlie Scott Jr. | Craft Service |
| Ken Blackwell | Associate Editor |
| Oscar Delgadillo | Set Dresser |
| Scott Leberecht | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Dennis E. Jones | Unit Production Manager |
| Jimmy N. Roberts | Stunts |
| Frank Ferrara Sr. | Stunts |
| Danny Rogers | Stunts |
| Charlie Estepp | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Chuck Russell | Executive Producer |
| Michael Tadross | Executive Producer |
| Anne Kopelson | Producer |
| Stephen Joel Brown | Co-Producer |
| Caroline Pham | Co-Producer |
| Frank Capra III | Associate Producer |
| Arnold Kopelson | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 39 | 61 | 22 |
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Wuchak
5.0
_**Competent action flick with Arnie is moronic and forgettable**_ A US marshal and witness protection specialist (Schwarzenegger) “erases” the identities of people he’s assigned to protect, including a woman (Vanessa Williams) who has damning evidence against a high-tech weapons corporation. Mea ... nwhile the marshal becomes suspicious of some of his coworkers. James Caan and Robert Pastorelli are on hand. "Eraser" (1996) is a proficient Schwarzenegger action thriller; Vanessa is beautiful, Pastorelli is amusing and Caan is effective. There’s a thrilling skydiving scene and a well-done zoo sequence with crocagators. Unfortunately, the opening act failed to really pull me in with its convoluted storytelling and the ‘final battle’ sequence is dull and eye-rolling. Both Siskel & Ebert surprisingly gave this a ‘thumbs up.’ God knows why. The film runs 1 hour, 55 minutes and was shot in Southern Cal, New York City, New Jersey, DC, Maryland and New Brunswick, Canada. GRADE: C+
Jun 23, 2021