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In the Line of Fire
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.
1993 · Directed by Wolfgang Petersen · 128 min · Action · Drama · Thriller · Crime · Mystery · 19 frames
Tagline
An assassin on the loose. A president in danger. Only one man stands between them…
Crew
- Written by: Jeff Maguire
- Cinematography: John Bailey
- Edited by: Anne V. Coates
- Music: Ennio Morricone
- Production design: Lilly Kilvert
- Produced by: Jeff Apple
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Frank Horrigan
- John Malkovich as Mitch Leary
- Rene Russo as Lilly Raines
- Dylan McDermott as Al D'Andrea
- Gary Cole as Bill Watts
- Fred Thompson as Harry Sargent
- John Mahoney as Sam Campagna
- Gregory Alan Williams as Matt Wilder
- Jim Curley as President
- Sally Hughes as First Lady
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Castle Rock Entertainment, Apple / Rose, Columbia Pictures
- Budget: $40,000,000
- Box office: $177,000,000
- Themes: assassin, central intelligence agency (cia), usa president, the white house, bodyguard, stalking, election, secret service, mysterious, aggressive
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