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Guarding Tess (1994) 6.1
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6.1/10 from 12,042 users
Metascore: 46/100
Reviews: 38 user | 18 critic | 14 from Metacritic.com A former First Lady of the US wants a particular Secret Service agent to head her bodyguard detail, even though he can't stand her. Director:Hugh Wilson |
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| Shirley MacLaine | ... | ||
| Nicolas Cage | ... | ||
| Austin Pendleton | ... |
Earl Fowler
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Barry Carlisle
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Howard Schaeffer
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Frederick
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John Roselius | ... |
Tom Bahlor
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Lee Danielson
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Ralph Buoncristiani
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James Lally | ... |
Joe Spector
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| Brant von Hoffman | ... |
Bob Hutcherson
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Kenny Young
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Kimberly Cannon
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Charles Ivy
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Neal Carlo
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Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle, widow of a former U.S. President, and close personal friend of the President. He finds that she has requested that he not be rotated but instead return to be her permanent detail. Doug is crushed. He wants off her detail. She is very difficult to guard and makes her detail crazy with her whims and demands. Doug returns with no idea of how to continue dealing with her. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
11 March 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Az öreg hölgy és a testőr See more »Box Office
Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$27,053,498 (USA)Company Credits
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Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Wiener Symphoniker, Bruno Weil
Courtesy of Sony Classical
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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George Clooney auditioned for just one line in this movie but it never made it to the screen. See more »Goofs
When reporting the last know location of Mrs. Carlisle's Lincoln, Agent Chesnic reports her vehicle heading East at the Chester Exit off Interstate 71. However, Chester, Ohio is located in Rural Southeastern Ohio; nowhere near an interstate. See more »Quotes
Tess Carlisle: The President is coming to Somersville. Will you have the cars and the machine guns ready in about an hour?See more »
Soundtracks
OvertureComposed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Wiener Symphoniker, Bruno Weil
Courtesy of Sony Classical
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This movie is a refeshing pause in Cage's over the top acting. He plays the foil for the ex first lady well- respectful but not cowering. this is a film about loyalty and duty and most of all about having compassion for someone who is lonely.