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In the Line of Fire

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7.0/10 • 1.7K

1993-07-082h 8m

ActionDramaThrillerCrimeMystery

An assassin on the loose. A president in danger. Only one man stands between them…

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.

Directors
Wolfgang Petersen
Writters
Jeff Maguire
Editors
Anne V. Coates

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  1. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood

    Frank Horrigan

  2. John Malkovich

    John Malkovich

    Mitch Leary

  3. Rene Russo

    Rene Russo

    Lilly Raines

  4. Dylan McDermott

    Dylan McDermott

    Al D'Andrea

  5. Gary Cole

    Gary Cole

    Bill Watts

  6. Fred Thompson

    Fred Thompson

    Harry Sargent

  7. John Mahoney

    John Mahoney

    Sam Campagna

  8. Gregory Alan Williams

    Gregory Alan Williams

    Matt Wilder

  9. Jim Curley

    Jim Curley

    President

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r96sk

Jan 23, 2022

7/10

I wish it was paced better, but 'In the Line of Fire' still makes for a good time. Clint Eastwood and John Malkovich is a great line-up and both are entertaining in this, the latter is just terrific at playing a loopy bad guy. There's a fair few well known peeps behind them, including John Heard and Gary Cole - it's a fairly strong cast. The story is an interesting one, though given that you'd expect the film to move along at a better pace but it kinda just walks through its 128 minute run time. It's not a drag or anything, but I definitely wasn't on the edge of my seat unfortunately. It's still a film I'd recommend, though.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$40,000,000.00
Revenue
$177,000,000.00
Keywords
assassincentral intelligence agency (cia)usa presidentthe white housebodyguardstalkingelectionsecret servicemysteriousaggressiveu.s. secret service agentsuspensefulintenseantagonisticbewildered