Pleading to rejoin the elite team of agents who personally protect the Chief Executive, Frank toils with the White House Chief of Staff and the Presidential Detail agent – in traditional “Dirty Harry” fashion. Aside from their mismatched partnership, Frank is perpetually haunted by his former role as a point man for Kennedy, running alongside his car during the infamous, iconic assassination.īut Horrigan’s routines are short-lived when he starts to receive calls from a cloak-and-dagger man calling himself Booth (John Malkovich), who ensures Frank that he plans to assassinate the President of the United States (Jim Curley). His young partner Al D’Andrea (Dylan McDermott) can’t seem to adjust to his new position either, especially during a trying moment at a counterfeiter bust (look for a very recognizable Tobin Bell in a brief role). Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) is getting too old for the roughneck job of constantly putting his life on the line. This is easily director Wolfgang Petersen’s finest American project, demonstrating flawless pacing, a perceptive handling of Jeff Maguire’s Oscar-nominated screenplay, and a keen awareness of genre pitfalls – opting for character development and intelligent scripting over distractive stunts and violence and explosions (though certainly these elements make purposeful appearances). What follows is a no-holds-barred thriller wrought with action, suspense, chills, masterly acting, unmistakably macho dialogue, nicely placed comedy elements, and one of those rare, unforgettable villains. N the Line of Fire” opens like most Clint Eastwood films do – with the flashy introduction of a hardened, no-nonsense tough guy, serving the law in the most unorthodox of ways.

Release Date: July 9th, 1993 MPAA Rating: Rĭirector: Wolfgang Petersen Actors: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole, John Mahoney, Fred Dalton Thompson “I

In the line of fire