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6.0/10 • 320

1994-03-111h 36m

ComedyDrama

A comedy beyond the call of duty.

Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle—the widow of a former U.S. President, and a close personal friend of the current President. He finds that she has requested that he not be rotated but instead return to be her permanent detail. Doug is crushed, and—after returning—wants off her detail as she is very difficult to guard and makes her detail crazy with her whims and demands.

Directors
Hugh Wilson
Editors
Sidney Levin

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  1. Shirley MacLaine

    Shirley MacLaine

    Tess Carlisle

  2. Nicolas Cage

    Nicolas Cage

    Doug Chesnic

  3. Austin Pendleton

    Austin Pendleton

    Earl

  4. Edward Albert

    Edward Albert

    Barry Carlisle

  5. James Rebhorn

    James Rebhorn

    Howard Shaeffer

  6. Richard Griffiths

    Richard Griffiths

    Frederick

  7. John Roselius

    John Roselius

    Tom Bahlor

  8. David Graf

    David Graf

    Lee Danielson

  9. Don Yesso

    Don Yesso

    Ralph Buoncristiani

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CinemaSerf

Aug 26, 2023

6/10

Shirley MacLaine ("Tess") is on good form in this rather daft tale of a pretty cantankerous former First Lady who has a running battle with her Secret Service agent Nicolas Cage ("Doug") as he tries to keep her within his security protocols - an exasperating task that is mostly an uphill struggle. A series of fun face-offs ensue as she and her team - chef Richard Griffiths and chauffeur Austin Pendleton run the poor old Cage ragged before, unexpectedly, she goes and gets herself into a bit of bother that mobilises just about the entire nation. "Tess" has got some good one-liners and there is a fair amount of chemistry between the pair as their love/hate relationship begins to pan out in this quite watchable comedy drama.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$20,000,000.00
Revenue
$27,058,304.00
Keywords
bodyguardcelebritynational security agency (nsa)security guard