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In the Line of Fire ()


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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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Frank Horrigan
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Mitch Leary
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Lilly Raines
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Al D'Andrea
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Bill Watts
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Harry Sargent (as Fred Dalton Thompson)
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Sam Campagna
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Matt Wilder (as Greg Alan-Williams)
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President
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First Lady
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Jack Okura
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Tony Carducci
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Mendoza
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Jimmy Hendrickson
Juan A. Riojas ...
Raul
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Booth's Landlady
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Paramedic
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Pam Magnus
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Sally
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LAPD Brass
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FBI Technician
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FBI Supervisor
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Young Agent
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Political Speaker
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Professor Riger
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Walter Wickland
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CIA Agent Collins
Walt MacPherson ...
Hunter
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Hunter
Tyde Kierney ...
Police Captain Howard
Anthony Peck ...
FBI Official
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Bartender
Doris E. McMillon ...
D.C. News Anchor
Robert Sandoval ...
Bellboy
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Agent Chavez
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Sanford Riggs
Michael Kirk ...
Computer Technician / Bates
Richard G. Camphuis ...
Party Fat Cat (as Richard Camphuis)
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Marge
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Man at Bank
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Woman at Bank
Donna Hamilton ...
Reporter at Dulles
Bob Jimenez ...
Reporter at Hotel
Cylk Cozart ...
Agent Cozart
Michael Zurich ...
Agent Zurich
Rich DiDonato ...
Undercover Agent
Jeffrey Kurt Miller ...
Undercover Agent
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Agent
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Farzad Aghili ...
Presidential Convention Attendee (uncredited)
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Police Officer (uncredited)
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Congretional Attendee (uncredited)
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Bank Teller (uncredited)
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Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
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Man (uncredited)
Bob Courts ...
Agent (uncredited)
Lee Faranda ...
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Norman Fessler ...
Hotel Staffer (uncredited)
Michael Graziano ...
CIA Agent Fleming (uncredited)
Ryal Haakenson ...
Hotel Staff (uncredited)
Dao Hale ...
Office Agent (uncredited)
Myra Haveson ...
Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Jim Hild ...
CIA Sharshooter (uncredited)
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Police Officer (uncredited)
Suzanne Lodge ...
Passerby (uncredited)
Robin Morselli ...
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
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Bar Woman (cut scene) (uncredited)
Elizabeth Pengson ...
Presidential Convention Attendee (uncredited)
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CIA Agent David Coppinger (uncredited)
Jim Rhine ...
Political Aide (uncredited)
Denise Lynne Roberts ...
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
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Sharpshooter (uncredited)
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Banquet Guest (uncredited)
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D.C. Police Officer (uncredited)
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Marie Papaloupas (uncredited)
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Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Carlos Tappin ...
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Michael Werckle ...
Photographer (uncredited)

Directed by

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Wolfgang Petersen ... (directed by)

Written by

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Jeff Maguire ... (written by)

Produced by

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Jeff Apple ... producer (produced by)
Gail Katz ... executive producer
Wolfgang Petersen ... executive producer
Robert J. Rosenthal ... co-producer (as Bob Rosenthal)
David Valdes ... executive producer

Music by

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Ennio Morricone ... (music composed by)

Cinematography by

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John Bailey ... director of photography

Editing by

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Anne V. Coates ... film editor

Editorial Department

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Paul Cichocki ... first assistant film editor
Sheri Eisenberg ... theatrical mastering colorist
Steven Kemper ... additional film editor
Blake Maniquis ... apprentice editor
Bob Putynkowski ... color timer
Robb Sullivan ... assistant editor
Robert Sullivan ... assistant film editor
Scot Deer ... telecine colorist (uncredited)

Casting By

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Janet Hirshenson ... (casting by)
Jane Jenkins ... (casting by)

Production Design by

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Lilly Kilvert

Art Direction by

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John Warnke

Set Decoration by

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Kara Lindstrom

Costume Design by

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Erica Edell Phillips

Makeup Department

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Sherri Bramlett ... hair stylist: Washington D.C.
Bridget Cook ... hair stylist
Werner Keppler ... makeup artist
Barbara Lacy ... makeup artist: Washington D.C.
James Lee McCoy ... makeup artist (as Jim McCoy)
Carol A. O'Connell ... hair stylist (as Carol O'Connell)

Production Management

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David V. Lester ... unit production manager (as David Lester)
Danis Regal-O'Connell ... production supervisor: campaign unit (as Danis Regal)
Joel Chernoff ... executive in charge of production (uncredited)
Tamara Smith ... post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Violet Cazanjian ... dga trainee
Lee Cleary ... second assistant director
Michael Grillo ... first assistant director: campaign unit
David Michael Katz ... second second assistant director (as David Katz)
Peter Kohn ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Edward Aiona ... property master
Carl Aldana ... storyboard artist
Robert A. Blackburn ... general foreman
A. Charles Carnaggio ... set decorator: Washington D.C.
Jann K. Engel ... set designer
Chris Fix ... propmaker gangboss
Kirk D. Hansen ... paint foreman (as Kirk Hansen)
David C. Potter ... lead person (as David Potter)
Michael Sexton ... assistant property master
Butch West ... construction coordinator
Wayne A. Bilyard ... construction foreman (uncredited)
Gary J. Coelho ... laborer forman (uncredited)
Michael A. Contreraz ... laborer (uncredited)
Andrea Mae Fenton ... assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Neil Garland ... propmaker gangboss (uncredited)
Bill Gold ... poster designer (uncredited)
Ted Hardwick ... set dresser (uncredited)
Tim R. Lafferty ... construction foreman (uncredited)
Jim Logiudice ... prop maker (uncredited)
Scott L. London ... assistant property master (uncredited)
Nadia Saah ... art department coordinator (uncredited)
Tommy Samona ... set dresser (uncredited)
Bruce G. Smith ... paint foreman (uncredited)
Robb W. Ward ... gang boss: Wash DC (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Christopher Assells ... dialogue editor
Karen Baker Landers ... first assistant sound editor (as Karen M. Baker)
Gregg Baxter ... supervising sound editor
Bob Beher ... first assistant sound editor
Willie D. Burton ... production sound mixer (as Willie Burton)
Dino Dimuro ... sound effects editor
Scott Martin Gershin ... sound effects supervisor (as Scott Gershin)
Laura Graham ... adr editor
Gary A. Hecker ... foley artist (as Gary Hecker)
Chris Hogan ... dialogue editor
Constance A. Kazmer ... adr editor
Randy Kelley ... sound effects editor
Larry Kemp ... foley supervisor
Rick Kline ... re-recording mixer
David Kneupper ... sound designer
Marvin E. Lewis ... boom operator (as Marvin Lewis)
Dan O'Connell ... foley artist
Kevin O'Connell ... re-recording mixer
Alan Rankin ... sound assistant
Dan M. Rich ... dialogue editor (as Dan Rich)
Jay B. Richardson ... sound effects editor
Bill Rojas ... sound consultant
Frank Smathers ... sound effects editor
Wylie Stateman ... supervising sound editor
Peter Michael Sullivan ... foley editor
Fabio Venturi ... assistant sound engineer
Bill Voigtlander ... adr editor
Kim Waugh ... sound assistant
James Ashwill ... foley mixer (uncredited)
Richard Dwan Jr. ... sound editor (uncredited)
Larry Hopkins ... layback sound mixer (uncredited)
Mark Lanza ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
Glenn T. Morgan ... foley editor (uncredited)
David Terry ... sound mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Rocky Gehr ... special effects
Woody Lawhon ... special effects
Eric Cook ... special effects (uncredited)
John Frazier ... production special effects supervisor (uncredited)
Richard L. Hill ... special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Paul Agid ... digital video editor: R/Greenberg Associates West
Nancy Bernstein ... visual effects producer: R/Greenberg Associates West
Ken Brain ... composite designer: Cinesite
Ron Brinkmann ... animator: SPI
Jerome Chen ... senior computer graphics animator: SPI
Jerome Desvignes ... senior computer graphics animator: SPI
David Douglas ... animator: SPI
Bruno George ... visual effects supervisor: Cinesite
Robert M. Greenberg ... visual effects producer: R/Greenberg Associates West
Chip Houghton ... digital film supervisor: R/Greenberg Associates West
Scott Kilburn ... animator: SPI
Brad Kuehn ... composite designer: Cinesite
Mark A. Lasoff ... computer graphics supervisor: SPI (as Mark Lasoff) / lead animator: SPI (as Mark Lasoff)
Jeff Matakovich ... additional opticals and digital composite: R/Greenberg Associates West
George Merkert ... visual effects producer: SPI
John Nelson ... visual effects supervisor: SPI
Bill Schultz ... senior animator: SPI / software: SPI
Burtis Scott ... digital video editor: R/Greenberg Associates West
Mar Sorell ... animator: SPI (as Mark Sorell)
Michele C. Vallillo ... visual effects coordinator: Cinesite
Mark Vargo ... visual effects supervisor: second unit, SPI
Mimi Abers ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Steven T Puri ... visual effects producer (uncredited)
Jay Riddle ... visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
Olivier Sarda ... compositor (uncredited)
Doyle Smith ... wire removal (uncredited)

Stunts

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Michael Adams ... utility stunts (as Mike Adams)
John Alden ... stunts
Daniel W. Barringer ... stunts (as Dan Barringer)
Kenny Bates ... stunts (as Ken Bates)
Christine Anne Baur ... stunts (as Christine A. Baur)
Nick Brett ... stunt rigger
Roydon Clark ... stunts (as Roydon Elwood Clark)
Steve Geray ... stunts
Andy Gill ... stunts
Jack Gill ... stunts
Orwin C. Harvey ... stunts (as Orwin Harvey)
Larry Holt ... stunts
Terry Jackson ... additional stunt double: Clint Eastwood
Loren Janes ... stunts
Gary Jensen ... stunts
Bill Madden ... stunts (as William James Madden)
Buck McDancer ... stunts (as Buck Dallas McDancer)
Bill McIntosh ... stunts
Denise Lynne Roberts ... stunts
Troy Robinson ... stunts
John Robotham ... stunts
Sharon Schaffer ... stunts
Alex Sharp ... stunts
Spike Silver ... stunts
Joe Stone ... stunts
Neezer Tarleton ... stunts
Buddy Van Horn ... stunt coordinator
Mike Watson ... stunts
Webster Whinery ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Mitchell Amundsen ... camera operator: "b" camera
Jack Bauer ... grip
Paul Bode ... second assistant camera: second unit
David Burnett ... assistant lighting technician
Scott Fuller ... first assistant camera: second unit
Harry K. Garvin ... camera operator: second unit (as Harry Garvin)
Peter Gulla ... first assistant camera: second unit
Mauricio Gutierrez ... second assistant camera
Dustin A. Huber ... gaffer: second unit (as Dusty Huber)
Gary Jay ... first assistant camera: campaign unit
Gene Kearney ... key grip: second unit
Gábor Kövér ... camera operator: campaign unit (as Gabor Kover)
Ned Martin ... first assistant camera: campaign unit
Peter McAdams ... grip
Bruce McBroom ... still photographer
Mike Moyer ... chief lighting technician (as Michael Moyer)
Hal Nelson ... second company grip
Don Reddy ... camera operator: campaign unit
Tony Rivetti ... first assistant camera: second unit
Charles Saldana ... key grip
Douglas W. Smith ... electrician
Michael Stone ... camera operator
Dean Striepeke ... video assist operator
Kathina Szeto ... second assistant camera
Donald E. Thorin Jr. ... first assistant camera (as Donald Thorin Jr.)
Mark Vargo ... director of photography: campaign unit / director of photography: second unit
Charles W. Wayt ... dolly grip
Bryan Yaconelli ... second assistant camera: second unit
Ron Zarilla ... first assistant camera: campaign unit
Mike Bonnaud ... lamp operator (uncredited)
Gordon Hayes ... electrician (uncredited)
Richard H. Kryder ... rigging electrician (uncredited)
Ron Kunecke ... night light operator (uncredited)
Ron Newburn ... additional electrician (uncredited)
Mark Simon ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Michael T. Travers ... grip (uncredited)
Zoran Veselic ... first assistant camera (uncredited)
Chuck Whelan ... additional assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Susanna Griffith ... casting assistant
Michael Hirshenson ... casting associate
Kimberly Skyrme ... extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Kelly Lindquist ... set costumer
Daniel Grant North ... set costumer
Amy Stofsky ... costume supervisor
Marie Boller ... costumer (uncredited)
Marina Marit ... costumer: Washington D.C. (uncredited)

Location Management

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Kokayi Ampah ... location manager
Foongy Lee ... assistant location manager: Washington D.C.
Michael Wallace ... location manager: Washington D.C.
Martine White ... assistant location manager (uncredited)

Music Department

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Bill Abbott ... music editor
Bob Bowman ... assistant music editor
Enrico DeMelis ... general music coordinator (as Enrico De Melis)
Peter M. Gordon ... saxophone
Andrea Morricone ... scoring assistant
Ennio Morricone ... conductor / orchestrator
Franco Patrignani ... score engineer
Jeffrey Pollack ... music consultant (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Kerry Lyn McKissick ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Keith Dillin ... transportation captain
Joseph Prado ... transportation co-captain
Michael Forte ... driver: Rene Russo (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Marco Barla ... unit publicist
Trey Batchelor ... key production assistant
Jackie Brady Baugh ... production accountant (as Jackie Baugh)
William d'Anthony ... ad and publicity department: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Melinda A. Grieger ... stand-in: Russo (as Melinda Grieger)
Jamie Kehoe ... craft service
Tony Kerum ... caterer
Jacqueline King ... assistant: Mr. Petersen
David R. Lawson ... first aid
Gladys Kaye McCall ... assistant accountant (as G. Kaye McCall)
Charles McGill ... production assistant
Brian McNulty ... assistant: Ms. Katz
Gordon Michaels ... stand-in: Malkovich
Sue Bea Montgomery ... production secretary
George Orrison ... stand-in: Eastwood
Daniel Penhale ... production assistant
Karen Penhale ... production coordinator
Melissa Rooker ... assistant: Mr. Eastwood
Tom Rooker ... assistant: Mr. Eastwood
Jeri Simon ... assistant: Mr. Apple
Corbett Simons ... production assistant
Robert R. Snow ... technical advisor (as Robert Snow)
Scott Stahler ... production assistant
Cynthia Streit ... production coordinator: Washington D.C.
Vivian Treves ... interpreter
Loranne Turgeon ... assistant: Mr. Valdes
Maurice Williams ... production assistant
Laurie Arnow-Epstein ... construction accountant (uncredited)
Maureen Higgins ... co-first assistant accountant (uncredited)
Willis Baxter Johnson ... production assistant (uncredited)
Howard R. Schuster ... financing (uncredited)
Melissa Smith ... director of operations (uncredited)
Abraham Zapruder ... assassination footage: JFK (uncredited)

Thanks

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Eliphalet F. Andrew ... special thanks
Wiley T. Buchanan III ... special thanks
Patrick Caddell ... special thanks
Mark A. Crouch ... special thanks
Charles Davis ... special thanks
Walter A. Forbes ... special thanks
James K. Fox ... special thanks
John H. Fullmer ... special thanks
Rutherford B. Hayes ... special thanks
John Horton ... special thanks
Carl Meyer ... special thanks
Gayle Moore ... special thanks
Jerry Parr ... special thanks
Richard A. Sandberry ... special thanks
Philip M. Strub ... special thanks
Jack Warner ... special thanks
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) is a Secret Service Agent who keeps thinking back to November 22, 1963, when, as a hand-picked Agent by President John F. Kennedy, he became one of the few Agents to have lost a President to an assassin when Kennedy died. Now, former C.I.A. assassin Mitch Leary (John Malkovich) is stalking the current President (Jim Curley), 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 C.I.A., and the C.I.A. 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 (Rene Russo). 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 (Fred Dalton Thompson) refuses to alter the President's itinerary, while Horrigan's boss, Secret Service Director Sam Campagna (John Mahoney), is supportive of Horrigan. As the election gets closer, Horrigan begins to doubt his own abilities, especially when Horrigan's colleague Al D'Andrea (Dylan McDermott) is killed by Leary. But Horrigan may be the only one who can stop Leary. Written by Todd Baldridge

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Taglines An assassin on the loose. A president in danger. Only one man stands between them... See more »
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Also Known As
  • Dans la ligne de mire (France)
  • In the Line of Fire: Die zweite Chance (Germany)
  • Die zweite Chance (Germany)
  • En la línea de fuego (Spain)
  • En la línia de foc (Spain, Catalan title)
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Runtime
  • 128 min
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Budget $40,000,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $85,000,000

Did You Know?

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Trivia The 62-year old Clint Eastwood (with the help of a safety belt) actually did hang six stories above the ground on the ledge scene, although stuntmen did the jump and the fall onto the fire escape. See more »
Goofs Lilly's gown during the party scene would be inappropriate for a female Secret Service agent, as it would prevent her from performing her duties should there be an attempt on the President's life. In those situations female agents instead wear dress pants and more practical shoes. (With the gown, there is also the problem of where to hide the service weapon.) See more »
Movie Connections Edited into In the Line of Fire: The Ultimate Sacrifice (2000). See more »
Soundtracks Willow Weep For Me See more »
Quotes Frank Horrigan: [over the phone] I want you to give yourself up.
Mitch Leary: So I can live a long and fruitful life?
Frank Horrigan: Oh, we can work something out.
Mitch Leary: [laughs] Jesus, Frank, don't fucking lie to me. I have a rendezvous with death, and so does the President, and so do you, Frank, if you get too close to me.
Frank Horrigan: You have a rendezvous with my ass, motherfucker!
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