In The Line Of Fire
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Columbia TriStar  (1993) 128 mins R

7.2 (25,282 votes)
Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood), an aging Secret Service agent, discovers a plot to assassinate the current president when a man, calling himself Booth (John Malkovich) calls him and tells him that he admires Frank for his flair and style on the job and that he plans on killing the president. Frank manages to discover that the caller is Mitch Leary a former CIA operative who has gone off the deep end and become a psychopathic killer. Frank makes it his mission to track down and stop Leary in his attempts to assassinate the president, which isn't much trouble as Leary seems intent on involving Frank in the plot all throughout the ordeal. Will Frank be able to save the president from falling under Leary's assassination plot?...

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Cast and Crew
Clint Eastwood  ......  Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan
John Malkovich  ......  Mitch Leary/John Booth/James Carney
Dylan McDermott  ......  Secret Service Agent Al D'Andrea
Rene Russo  ......  Secret Service Agent Lilly Raines
Gary Cole  ......  Secret Service Presidential Detail Agent-In-Charge Bill Watts
Gregory Alan Williams  ......  Secret Service Agent Matt Wilder
Director  .....  Wolfgang Petersen
Producer  .....  Gail Katz; Jeff Apple
Writer  .....  Jeff Maguire
Cinematography  .....  John Bailey
Musician  .....  Ennio Morricone
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: When they first meet in the White House, when Watts leaves the room, John Mahoney crosses his legs; the shot changes and he crosses them again. (more)

Trivia:
Several of the scenes with the President campaigning were actually taken from the 1992 campaign of President Bill Clinton. (more)

Filming Locations:
Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Al D'Andrea: [running late] Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, Frank, thank God. Thank God. I'm dead. I'm dead. I'm dead. I'm dead.
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 10 nominations (more)