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Overview

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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Larry Ferguson (written by)
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Release Date:
10 June 1988 (USA) more
Tagline:
THE PRESIDIO ARMY BASE, SAN FRANCISCO. When a landmark of historic tradition becomes the scene of a shocking murder, a military commander and a street-tough cop are forced into action... against the killer, the mysterious past, and each other. more
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Jay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before... more | add synopsis
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One hell of a love story! more (42 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sean Connery ... Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell

Mark Harmon ... Jay Austin

Meg Ryan ... Donna Caldwell

Jack Warden ... Sgt. Maj. Ross Maclure

Mark Blum ... Arthur Peale
Dana Gladstone ... Col. Paul Lawrence

Jenette Goldstein ... Patti Jean Lynch
Marvin J. McIntyre ... MP Zeke

Don Calfa ... Howard Buckely
John DiSanti ... Det. Marvin Powell
Robert Lesser ... Sgt. Mueller
James Hooks Reynolds ... George Spota
Curtis W. Sims ... Sgt. Garfield
Rick Zumwalt ... Bully in Bar
Rosalyn Marshall ... Lawrence's Secretary
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Presidio: The Scene of the Crime (UK)
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Runtime:
97 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

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Trivia:
Marlon Brando turned down the role of Sgt. Maj. Ross Maclure. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: A water delivery truck driving past taxiing airplanes would not be possible on any U.S. Air Force base. Commercial deliveries are not permitted to be made on the flight-line side of buildings. more
Quotes:
Thug (unknown): Who the hell do you think you are?
Sgt. Major Ross Maclure: I'm the Infantry, sonny.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Game K N B: (2007-03-03)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
That Old Black Magic more

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16 out of 24 people found the following comment useful.
One hell of a love story!, 6 February 2002
Author: Peter (fibermik) from Denmark

This story looks like other drama/action movies. The story take place at the Presidio (military base) and is nothing new (a criminal investigation inside military lines) but Meg Ryan, Sean Connery, Mark Harmon plays it so well that the thin story becomes a minimum. Though it isn't a complete love story and have a little attention to it, Mark Harmon and Meg Ryan does it very well. She has a complex since her father (Sean Connery) probably spent more time doing the army instead of his wife (her mother). She cannot concentrate her mind on one man for long. Of course he (Mark Harmon) falls in love with her after a few love scenes, and at a party he get furious when she wants to dance with another gentleman. They come apart. This is when I noticed that this movie was about love. At home she have a little fight with her father over the problem, and as a solution to this she goes back to Mark Harmon's apartment where she apologize. When the story reach top and they solve the puzzle the end comes very quickly, but as they walk away hand in hand I feel like something else has been solved. The love between father and daughter, and of course between daughter and her lover (Mark H.).

See for yourself Meg Ryan is made to be a father's darling.

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