Plot
Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.
Release Year: 1993
Rating: 7.2/10 (40,348 voted)
Critic's Score: 74/100
Director:
Wolfgang Petersen
Stars: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo
Storyline Frank Horrigan is a secret service agent who keeps thinking back to November 22, 1963, when, as a hand-picked agent by President Kennedy, he became one of the few agents to have lost a President to an assassin when Kennedy died. Now, former CIA assassin Mitch Leary is stalking the current President, who is running for re-election. Mitch has spent long hours studying Horrigan, and he taunts Horrigan, telling him of his plans to kill the President. Leary plans to kill the president because Leary feels betrayed by the government -- Leary was removed from the CIA, and the CIA is now trying to have him killed. After talking to Leary, Horrigan makes sure he is assigned to presidential protection duty, working with fellow secret service agent Lilly Raines. Horrigan has no intention of failing his President this time around, and he's more than willing to take a bullet. White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent refuses to alter the President's itinerary...
Cast: Clint Eastwood
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Frank Horrigan
John Malkovich
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Mitch Leary
Rene Russo
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Lilly Raines
Dylan McDermott
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Al D'Andrea
Gary Cole
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Bill Watts
Fred Dalton Thompson
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Harry Sargent
John Mahoney
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Sam Campagna
Gregory Alan Williams
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Matt Wilder
(as Greg Alan-Williams)
Jim Curley
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President
Sally Hughes
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First Lady
Clyde Kusatsu
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Jack Okura
Steve Hytner
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Tony Carducci
Tobin Bell
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Mendoza
Bob Schott
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Jimmy Hendrickson
Juan A. Riojas
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Raul
Taglines:
An assassin on the loose. A president in danger. Only one man stands between them...
Release Date: 9 July 1993
Filming Locations: Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $40,000,000
(estimated)
Gross: $187,300,000
(Worldwide)
Technical Specs
Runtime:|
Portugal:
(TV version)
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The 62-year old Clint Eastwood (with the help of a safety belt) actually did hang six stories above the ground on the ledge scene, although stuntmen did the jump and the fall onto the fire escape.
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes:
When Horrigan jumps across a roof, the harness and karabiner holding him to the wall are clearly visible several times.
Quotes:
[first lines]
Al D'Andrea:
[running late]
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, Frank, thank God. Thank God. I'm dead. I'm dead. I'm dead. I'm dead.
User Review
I Can't Look Away
Rating: 9/10
'In the Line of Fire' is one of those Hollywood films that shows up on tv
quite a bit, but although I've seen it a few times, I usually end up sitting
through the whole thing again. Why? - It's GOOD!
Clint Eastwood is great as usual, and the character he plays is interesting
and more fleshed out than usual. The character, Secret Service agent Frank
Horrigan, is haunted by the fact that he was on the detail that failed to
protect President Kennedy in Dallas, and now he's forced to match wits with
a professional assassin that is openly declaring that he will kill the
president. However, the film doesn't make him a depressed, brooding, and
obsessed character. He's charming and personable, and is realistic as a guy
that has experienced a lot in life and is comfortable in his own skin. He's
even quite convincing when he flirts with the pretty younger agent played by
Rene Russo. The killer, played by John Malkovich at his best, is cerebral,
deliberate, and enjoys playing high stakes games of life and death. He even
goes by the name of another presidential assassin, John
Booth.
The film is consistently enjoyable, and it delivers all the goods -
suspense, action, romance, and drama - all in their proper amounts. It's a
fun film that is really helped by the great actors in it!
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