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{{short description|1993 political action thriller film by Wolfgang Petersen}} {{other uses}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = In the Line of Fire | image = In the line of fireposter.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | alt = An older man running alongside a limousine | director = [[Wolfgang Petersen]] | producer = Jeff Apple | writer = [[Jeff Maguire]] | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Clint Eastwood]] * [[John Malkovich]] * [[Rene Russo]] * [[Dylan McDermott]] * [[Gary Cole]] * [[Fred Thompson|Fred Dalton Thompson]] * [[John Mahoney]] }} | cinematography = [[John Bailey (cinematographer)|John Bailey]] | editing = [[Anne V. Coates]] | music = [[Ennio Morricone]] | studio = {{Plainlist| * [[Castle Rock Entertainment]] * Apple-Rose Productions }} | distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] | released = {{Film date|1993|07|09}} | runtime = 128 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $40 million<ref name="Hughes80">Hughes, p. 80</ref><ref name="Galbraith" /> | gross = $187 million<ref name="numbers" /> }} '''''In the Line of Fire''''' is a 1993 American [[Political cinema|political]] [[action thriller film]] directed by [[Wolfgang Petersen]] and starring [[Clint Eastwood]], [[John Malkovich]] and [[Rene Russo]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Eller |first=Claudia | title=In the Line of Fire: Whose Movie Is It, Anyway? |website=Los Angeles Times |date=July 13, 1993 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-13-ca-12681-story.html |access-date=December 27, 2010}}</ref> Written by [[Jeff Maguire]], the film is about a disillusioned and obsessed former [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agent who plans to [[Assassination|assassinate]] the [[President of the United States]] and the [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agent who is tracking him. Eastwood's character is the sole remaining active-duty Secret Service agent from the detail that was guarding [[John F. Kennedy]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] at the time of his [[John F. Kennedy assassination|assassination]] in 1963. The film also stars [[Dylan McDermott]], [[Gary Cole]], [[John Mahoney]], and [[Fred Thompson|Fred Dalton Thompson]]. ''In the Line of Fire'' was co-produced by [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[Castle Rock Entertainment]], with Columbia handling distribution. The film was a critical and commercial success. It grossed $187 million against a $40 million production budget and earned three nominations at the [[66th Academy Awards]].
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