

The Relic
1997-01-10 · 110 min · ★ 6.2
A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.
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Production details
- Directors
- Peter Hyams
- Production companies
- Mutual Film Company, Paramount Pictures, TOHO-TOWA, Pacific Western, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Marubeni, BBC, Tele München
- Countries
- Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 60,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 33,956,608
Top Cast
Penelope Ann MillerDr. Margo Green
Tom SizemoreLt. Vincent D'Agosta
Linda HuntDr. Ann Cuthbert
James WhitmoreDr. Albert Frock
Clayton RohnerDet. Hollingsworth
Chi Muoi LoDr. Greg Lee
Robert LesserMayor Robert Owen
Diane RobinThe Mayor's Wife
Lewis van BergenJohn Whitney
Constance TowersMrs. Harriet Blaisedale
Francis X. McCarthyMr. George Blaisedale
Audra LindleyDr. Matilda Zwiezic
John KapelosMcNally
Tico WellsBailey
Mike BacarellaBradley
Gene DavisMartini
John DiSantiGuard Wootton
David ProvalGuard Johnson
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