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- Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) is a Secret Service Agent who keeps thinking back to November 22, 1963, when, as a hand-picked Agent by President John F. Kennedy, he became one of the few Agents to have lost a President to an assassin when Kennedy died.
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Plot. Frank Horrigan and Al D'Andrea meet with members of a counterfeiting group at a marina. The group's leader, Mendoza, tells Horrigan that he has identified D'Andrea as an undercover agent, and forces Horrigan to prove his loyalty by putting a gun to D'Andrea's head and pulling the trigger.
- THE SCRIPT MADE THE ROUNDS. Jeff Maguire wrote the script for In the Line of Fire more than 10 years before it would ever hit the big screen—and his lack of success getting a script produced in the interim had put him and his wife in a precarious financial situation.
- THE IDEA WAS PARTLY INSPIRED BY A MEETING WITH LYNDON B. JOHNSON. The idea to write a script about a Secret Service agent was suggested to Maguire by producer Jeff Apple, who had long dreamed of making a political thriller when, as a child, he had the chance to meet Lyndon B. Johnson but was equally impressed by the security detail that surrounded the then-Vice President.
- AT ONE POINT, ROBERT REDFORD WAS ATTACHED TO STAR. Though Clint Eastwood will forever be associated with the role of ultra-dedicated Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan, he was hardly the first choice for the role.
- ONE STUDIO WANTED IT TO BE REWRITTEN FOR TOM CRUISE. Though Maguire was anxious to get the script sold, he had a very clear vision for the story and wasn’t willing to compromise on certain points—even if it meant passing up a big payday.
In the Line of Fire: Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. With Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott. Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.
- (115K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Wolfgang Petersen
- 1993-07-09
Frank Horrigan : Just how does it work? Mitch Leary : It doesn't work, Frank. God doesn't punish the wicked and reward the righteous.
Jul 8, 1993 · In the Line of Fire is a thriller film where a veteran Secret Service agent, Frank Horrigan, played by Clint Eastwood, is haunted by his failure to protect President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) is a Secret Service Agent. He currently does mostly undercover work. He goes to check on a report about a person who is threatening the life of the President (Jim Curley).
In the Line of Fire pits Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) against Mitch Leary (John Malkovich), a top CIA hit man until the agency cancelled his contract. Leary plans to get even by undertaking a suicide-mission assassination of the President.
