Nick lang is een bekende acteur. Voor zijn volgende film heeft hij wat meer kennis nodig, om goed zijn rol te kunnen spelen. Die kennis kan hij leren van John Moss, een politieman in New York. Maar John is daar niet zo blij mee.
Nee, helaas is The Hard Way nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | John Badham | Director |
| Production | Lem Dobbs | Producer |
| Production | Michael Kozoll | Producer |
| Writing | Lem Dobbs | Screenplay |
| Writing | Michael Kozoll | Screenplay |
| Camera | Robert Primes | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Arthur B. Rubinstein | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Tony Lombardo | Editor |
| Production | Rob Cohen | Producer |
| Production | Bonnie Timmermann | Casting |
| Art | Philip Harrison | Production Design |
| Art | John Kasarda | Art Direction |
| Art | Susan Bode Tyson | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary E. Vogt | Costume Design |
| Art | Charley Beal | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | John Magoun | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Tom Warren | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Richard T. Allen | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | James V. Gartland | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Jeff Jarvis | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Dan Hoffman | Animation Supervisor |
| Production | Jeff Block | Casting Associate |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Potts | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Guy Tanno | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Timothy Alberts | Set Costumer |
| Directing | Dianne Dreyer | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rick Provenzano | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah La Mia Denaver | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | William A. Farley | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joseph Coscia | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah La Mia Denaver | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bron Roylance | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bernadette Mazur | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Steven Lambert | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Barbara Anne Klein | Stunts |
| Editing | Frank Morriss | Editor |
| Camera | Donald McAlpine | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Charles Croughwell | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Peewee Piemonte | Stunts |
| Crew | G. A. Aguilar | Stunts |
| Crew | Diane Peterson | Stunts |
| Crew | Conrad E. Palmisano | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | Rob Cohen | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Tony Adler | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | David Sosna | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Nancy Ellen Anzalone | Stunts |
| Crew | Bruce Paul Barbour | Stunts |
| Crew | Dana Bertolette | Stunts |
| Crew | Danny Aiello III | Stunts |
| Crew | Paul Bucossi | Stunts |
| Crew | Kerrie Cullen | Stunts |
| Crew | Peter Bucossi | Stunts |
| Crew | Frank Ferrara | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Hancock | Stunts |
| Crew | Norman Douglass | Stunts |
| Crew | Gene Harrison | Stunts |
| Crew | Jery Hewitt | Stunts |
| Crew | Conan Lee | Stunts |
| Crew | Debbie Lynn Ross | Stunts |
| Crew | Rick Seaman | Stunts |
| Crew | Manny Siverio | Stunts |
| Crew | Gene Harrison | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Harry Wowchuk | Stunts |
| Lighting | John W. DeBlau | Gaffer |
| Camera | David Knox | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | William H. Steiner | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Dick Mingalone | Camera Operator |
