In the Line of Fire (1993)
Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 43
Fresh: 41 | Rotten: 2
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Average Rating: 8.3/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 1
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Clint Eastwood delivers one of his finest performances, as a secret service agent haunted by his past in Wolfgang Petersen's taut thriller In the Line of Fire. Eastwood plays Frank Horrigan, a secret service agent who keeps thinking back to November 22, 1963, when, as an agent hand-picked by President Kennedy, he became one of the few agents to have lost a president to an assassin. Decades later, psychotic Mitch Leary (John Malkovich) is stalking another president (Jim Curley) running for
Jul 9, 1993 Wide
Apr 29, 1997
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Clint Eastwood
Frank Horrigan -
John Malkovich
Mitch Leary -
Rene Russo
Lilly Raines -
Dylan McDermott
Al D'Andrea -
Gary Cole
Bill Watts -
Fred Dalton Thompson
Harry Sargent -
John Mahoney
Sam Campagna -
Jim Curley
President -
Sally Hughes
First Lady -
Clyde Kusatsu
Jack Okura -
Steve Hytner
Tony Conducci -
Tobin Bell
Mendoza -
Patrika Darbo
Pam Magnus -
John Heard
Professor Riger -
Robert Alan Beuth
Man at Bank -
Eric Bruskotter
Young Agent -
Richard G. Camphuis
Party Fat Cat -
Carl Ciarfalio
CIA Agent Collins -
Cylk Cozart
Agent Cozart -
Ryan Cutrona
LAPDBrass -
Susan Lee Hoffman
Woman at Bank -
Rick Hurst
Bartender -
Tyde Kierney
Police Captain Howard -
Brian Libby
FBI Supervisor -
Lawrence Lowe
FBI Technician -
Walt MacPherson
Hunter -
Joshua Malina
Agent Chavez -
Anthony Peck
FBI Official -
Elsa Raven
Leary's Landlady -
William G. Schilling
Sanford Riggs -
Bob Schott
Jimmy Hendrickson -
Arthur Senzy
Paramedic -
Gregory Alan Williams
Matt Wilder -
Alan Toy
Walter Wickland -
Donna Hamilton
Reporter at Dulles -
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Juan A. Riojas
Raul -
Aaron Michael Lacey
Police Officer -
Robert Peters
Hunter -
Michael Kirk
Computer Technician/Bat...
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All Critics (43) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (45) | Rotten (2) | DVD (23)
Director Wolfgang Petersen sends the story efficiently down its straight and narrow track, deftly engineering the battle of wills between two desperately committed men.
Top CriticDirecting each set-piece for all he's worth, Petersen highlights the plot with vivid details and invests several of the action sequences with moral/psychological dimensions.
The most uproariously entertaining movie of the summer so far.
Hands down, Malkovich's assassin is the best thing about this solid thriller -- a villain that rivals Hannibal Lecter for intelligence and cold, calculated viciousness.
Despite the familiar plot elements ... In the Line of Fire is not a retread but a smart, tense, well-made thriller -- Eastwood's best in the genre since Tightrope.
Malkovich does such wonderfully unexpected things, especially with his line readings, that he leaves us dumbfounded. No other performer is more effortlessly unnerving than this perversely gifted actor.
Sturdy but violent Clint Eastwood assassination thriller.
You have a rendezvous with Dirty Harry's 62-year-old ass! And if you don't know what that means, you'd better figure it out!
A solid entry in the Eastwood oeuvre, one which manages to sustain its tension while also giving viewers characters that aren't just driven by the plot.
It's Dirty Harry goes to Washington
It's an uncommonly exciting, intelligent movie, and one of the best summer movies ever made.
This well-executed picture demonstrates the validity of Hitchcock's claim that a thriller is as good as its villain. John Malkovich is an excellent villain, but the film also has a good, flawed hero, played by Clint Eastwood.
Commercial entertainment at its finest. A first-class, exceptionally well-made thriller.
A wonderful cat-and-mouse thriller matching Eastwood against Malkovich's serpentine would-be assassin.
Smooth and effortlessly entertaining political thriller. Eastwood & Malkovich deliver great work.
One of Eastwood's finest moments....truly tense
Malkovich is at top of his game. Clint is Clint, which is all that matters.
Taut Eastwood thriller greatly helped by Malkovich's villain.
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- Die zweite Chance (DE)
- Dans la ligne de mire (FR)
