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3 unusual facts about Martin Riggs


Martin Riggs

Both Riggs and Murtaugh are promoted to Captain by the fourth film in order to keep them out of trouble, but by the end of the movie their status is returned to Sergeant.

Riggs lives in a travel trailer on a beach along the Pacific Coast Highway in Los Angeles.

He refused to kill a Rottweiler that was defending a drug operation in, saying, "I can't shoot a dog. People okay, but not dogs."



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Philip Suriano

Another small but notable appearance was in 1989's Lethal Weapon 2 (also with Pesci) as L.A.P.D. Detective Joseph Ragucci, who makes a bet with Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and loses, but notably pays him with an illegal krugerrand.