Patriot Games
Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Paramount Pictures  (1992) 117 mins R

6.9 (24,829 votes)
Jack Ryan saves the Prince of Wales from an Irish terrorist attack in London and in the process kills one of the terrorists. The brother of the dead terrorist, Sean Miller, who was also on the mission is captured by the British. He escapes to an Irish terrorist training camp in Libya and vows revenge at getting back at Ryan. Miller attempts to kill Ryan’s family in the US which ends up with his wife in hospital. The Prince of Wales comes to the US and has dinner at Ryan’s house during his visit as thanks for Ryan saving his life. Miller and a terrorist cell attack the dinner reception and Jack Ryan has to save his family and the Royals from the invading terrorists....

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Cast and Crew
Samuel L. Jackson  ......  Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson
Harrison Ford  ......  Jack Ryan
Sean Bean  ......  Sean Miller
Anne Archer  ......  Dr. Catherine Ryan
Patrick Bergin  ......  Kevin O'Donnell
Thora Birch  ......  Sally Ryan
Director  .....  Phillip Noyce
Producer  .....  Mace Neufeld; Robert Rehme
Writer  .....  Tom Clancy; Donald Stewart; W. Peter Iliff
Cinematography  .....  Donald McAlpine
Musician  .....  James Horner
Notes
Goofs:
Factual errors: After the crash on the 15/340 High Way, Cathy and Sally are transported to the hospital in a green and white medevac helicopter. The only medevac authorized carrier in the state of Maryland is the Maryland State Police. The only helicopter the MSP uses is the Dauphine painted Green and Black with the Maryland Flag painted on the Tail boom. (more)

Trivia:
Alec Baldwin bowed out of this film when production was pushed back from '91 to '92. He had already committed to doing a revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire" on Broadway and told then Paramount President Brandon Tartikof to either work around him or find someone else to play Ryan. Ford was then approached to play Ryan in "Patriot Games" after having turned down the role in "The Hunt for Red October", because he felt the script was more focused on Captain Ramius than on Jack Ryan. (more)

Filming Locations:
Aldwych Underground Station, Aldwych, Holborn, London, England, UK (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Jack Ryan: [answering machine answers] Sorry, we can't come to the phone right now. If you leave a message, we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks.
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations (more)