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In the Line of Fire (1993) -- Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Jeff Maguire (written by)
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Release Date:
9 July 1993 (USA) more
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Tagline:
An assassin on the loose. A president in danger. Only one man stands between them...
Plot:
Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 10 nominations more
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Excellent, suspenseful, and edge-of-your-seat action/drama/thriller! more (105 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Clint Eastwood ... Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan

John Malkovich ... Mitch Leary

Rene Russo ... Secret Service Agent Lilly Raines

Dylan McDermott ... Secret Service Agent Al D'Andrea

Gary Cole ... Secret Service Presidential Detail Agent-In-Charge Bill Watts
Fred Dalton Thompson ... White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent

John Mahoney ... Secret Service Director Sam Campagna

Gregory Alan Williams ... Secret Service Agent Matt Wilder (as Greg Alan-Williams)

Jim Curley ... President
Sally Hughes ... First Lady

Clyde Kusatsu ... FBI Agent Jack Okura
Steve Hytner ... FBI Agent Tony Carducci

Tobin Bell ... Mendoza
Bob Schott ... Jimmy Hendrickson
Juan A. Riojas ... Raul
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence and language.
Runtime:
128 min | Portugal:138 min (TV version)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints) | SDDS (8 channels) (35 mm prints)

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Trivia:
The movie makes connections to three of the four historical assassinations of American presidents. 1) Frank Horrigan was on the Secret Service detail of John F. Kennedy. 2) Mitch Leary call himself Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln. 3) Mitch Leary tries to shoot the president with a gun concealed in a handkerchief, which was how Leon Czolgosz assassinated William McKinley. The fourth, James A. Garfield, was assassinated by Charles Julius Guiteau, July 2, 1881. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Horrigan breaks into Leary's house, he punches the window glass and some of the glass falls inside the house. When he climbs through the window, there is no glass on the floor. more
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.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Matlock: The Idol (#8.20)" (1994) more

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15 out of 23 people found the following review useful.
Excellent, suspenseful, and edge-of-your-seat action/drama/thriller!, 17 November 2005
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Author: Grace Zeh (filmgirlgz@gmail.com) from Chantilly, Virginia, USA

IN THE LINE OF FIRE, in my opinion, is an excellent, suspenseful, and edge-of-your-seat action/drama/thriller! I thought that Agent Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) and Agent Raines (Rene Russo) looked good in the attire they wore at the presidential dinner. As for Leary (John Malkovich), he was a sick man who loved to toy with Frank by phone. He looked good in the tuxedo he wore near the end of the film, though. One thing that surprised me was the growing attraction between Agent Horrigan and Agent Raines. Before I wrap this up, I'd like to say that the entire cast and crew did an outstanding job, I loved the setting, and I couldn't get enough of it. Now, in conclusion, to all you Clint Eastwood fans who haven't seen this excellent, suspenseful, and edge-of-your-seat action/drama/thriller, I highly recommend it.

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