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.
In the Line of Fire (1993) is a action, drama, thriller, crime and mystery film directed by Wolfgang Petersen, released on July 8, 1993 with a runtime of 2h 8m. It stars Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo and Dylan McDermott. Viewers rate it 7.0 out of 10 across 1,863 ratings.
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Clint Eastwood
as Frank Horrigan
John Malkovich
as Mitch Leary
Rene Russo
as Lilly Raines
Dylan McDermott
as Al D'Andrea
Gary Cole
as Bill Watts
Fred Thompson
as Harry Sargent
John Mahoney
as Sam Campagna
Gregory Alan Williams
as Matt Wilder
Jim Curley
as President
Sally Hughes
as First Lady
Clyde Kusatsu
as Jack Okura
Steve Hytner
as Tony Carducci
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, written by Jeff Maguire, produced by Jeff Apple.
Average viewer score of 7.0/10 from 1,863 ratings.
I wish it was paced better, but <em>'In the Line of Fire'</em> still makes for a good time. Clint Eastwood and John Malkovich is a great line-up and both are entertaining in this, the latter is just terrific at playing a loopy bad guy. There's a fair few well known peeps behind them, including John Heard and Gary Cole - it's a fairly strong cast. The story is an interesting one, though given that you'd expect the…
Reviewed on January 23, 2022
**Action, entertainment and verisimilitude together in a film that is better than many others, more regularly remembered.** This is a conventional American-style action film, where everything revolves around the unassailable and sacrosanct figure of the President. There are loads of films like this, such as “Air Force One” or “Olympus Has Fallen”, which may help to explain why it ended up so forgotten, despite…
Reviewed on November 24, 2022
A veteran of the Kennedy assassination, US Secret Service agent “Horrigan” (Clint Eastwood) now finds himself in contact with the menacing “Leary” (John Malkovich) who has made it clear he has an axe to grind with the current incumbent of the Oval Office. Of course, “Horrigan” alerts his bosses but with a knife-edge election looming, nobody is interested in hunkering down and hoping the threat goes away. It doesn’t…
Reviewed on January 1, 2026
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The main cast of In the Line of Fire (1993) includes Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott and Gary Cole. The film was directed by Wolfgang Petersen. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
In the Line of Fire was released on July 8, 1993 and runs for 2h 8m.
In the Line of Fire (1993) holds an average rating of 7.0 out of 10 from 1,863 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy action, drama and thriller films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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