In The Line of Fire

– Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kenned..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 8 Minutes
Release Year:
1993
In the Line of Fire (1993)

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.

In the Line of Fire (1993) - Trailer

Release Date:

09 Jul 1993

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Wolfgang Petersen

Writer:

Jeff Maguire

Main Actors:

Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott

Plot:

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.

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 13 nominations.

Production:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
Metacritic:
74%