In the Line of Fire

1993 | Action, Crime, Drama

  Plot

A secret service agent, haunted by his failure to save the former president, is determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.

  Cast & Director

Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo

Wolfgang Petersen

  Tagline & Quote

An assassin on the loose. A president in danger. Only one man stands between them...

Frank Horrigan: Well, if none of this means anything... why kill the President?
Mitch Leary: To punctuate the dreariness.

  Setting & Characters

1990s | Washington D.C.

Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan, Secret Service Agent Lilly Raines, Mitch Leary, Secret Service Agent Al D'Andrea, Secret Service Presidential Detail Agent-In-Charge Bill Watts