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.
ActionDramaThrillerCrimeMysteryassassincentral intelligence agency (cia)usa presidentthe white housebodyguardstalkingelectionsecret servicemysteriousaggressiveu.s. secret service agentsuspenseful
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, grave and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Clint EastwoodFrank Horrigan
- John MalkovichMitch Leary
- Rene RussoLilly Raines
- Dylan McDermottAl D'Andrea
- Gary ColeBill Watts
- Fred ThompsonHarry Sargent
- John MahoneySam Campagna
- Gregory Alan WilliamsMatt Wilder
- Jim CurleyPresident
- Sally HughesFirst Lady
Crew
- Wolfgang PetersenDirector
- Jeff MaguireWriter
- John BaileyDirector of Photography
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
- Anne V. CoatesEditor
- Jeff AppleProducer
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