In the Line of Fire

AN ASSASSIN ON THE LOOSE. A PRESIDENT IN DANGER. ONLY ONE MAN STANDS BETWEEN THEM... "THE HOTTEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR." Daily Express "EASTWOOD GIVES THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS LIFE. THRILLERS DON'T COME BETTER THAN THIS." Daily Mail "A CRACKING THRILLER...THIS IS WHITE KNUCKLE STUFF." Daily Mirror Frank Horrigan (CLINT EASTWOOD) is a tough, veteran Secret Service agent, who is plagued by feelings of guilt and failure since the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The agent on duty on that fateful day, Horrigan feels that he should have reacted more quickly and taken the bullet meant for the President. Thirty years later, the current President of the United States is entering a re-election campaign, and following a number of death threats, Horrigan has been called in to assist in what should be a routine research operation. However, when he discovers that a professional assassin and a master of disguse, Mitch Leary (JOHN MALKOVICH) has been tracking the President, the assignment turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Leary uses his knowledge of the events in 1963 to mentally torture Horrigan in the ensuing psychological duel - a duel that will ultimately put Horrigan IN THE LINE OF FIRE. © Columbia Pictures