In the Line of Fire Image
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critics

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

Summary: 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, while Horrigan's boss, Secret Service Director Sam Campagna, is supportive of Horrigan. As the election gets closer, Horrigan begins to doubt his own abilities, especially when Horrigan's colleague Al D'Andrea is killed by Leary. But Horrigan may be the only one who can stop Leary.
Runtime: 128 min
Rating: Rated R for violence and language.
Production: Castle Rock Entertainment
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Language: English
Home Release Date: Feb 27, 2001
Director Credit
Wolfgang Petersen Director
Writer Credit
Jeff Maguire Written By
Principal Cast Credit
Clint Eastwood Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan
John Malkovich Mitch Leary
Rene Russo Secret Service Agent Lilly Raines
Cast Credit
Bob Schott Jimmy Hendrickson
Clyde Kusatsu FBI Agent Jack Okura
Dylan McDermott Secret Service Agent Al D'Andrea
Fred Dalton Thompson White House Chief Of Staff Harry Sargent
Gary Cole Secret Service Presidential Detail Agent-In-Charge Bill Watts
Gregory Alan Williams Secret Service Agent Matt Wilder
Jim Curley President
John Mahoney Secret Service Director Sam Campagna
Juan A. Riojas Raul
Sally Hughes First Lady
Steve Hytner FBI Agent Tony Carducci
Tobin Bell Mendoza
Producer Credit
David Valdes Executive Producer
Gail Katz Executive Producer
Jeff Apple Producer
Robert J. Rosenthal Co-Producer
Wolfgang Petersen Executive Producer
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