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Summary

Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle—the widow of a former U.S. President, and a close personal friend of the current President. He finds that she has requested that he not be rotated but instead return to be her permanent detail. Doug is crushed, and—after returning—wants off her detail as she is very difficult to guard and makes her detail crazy with her whims and demands.

Cast

Shirley MacLaine

Tess Carlisle

Nicolas Cage

Doug Chesnic

Austin Pendleton

Earl

Edward Albert

Barry Carlisle

James Rebhorn

Howard Shaeffer

Richard Griffiths

Frederick

John Roselius

Tom Bahlor

David Graf

Lee Danielson

Don Yesso

Ralph Buoncristiani

James Lally

Joe Spector

Brant von Hoffman

Bob Hutcherson

Harry Lennix

Kenny Young

Susan Blommaert

Kimberly Cannon

Dale Dye

Charles Ivy

James Handy

Neal Carlo

Stephen S. Chen

Jimmy

Katie O'Hara

Barbara

Mark Conway

Caleb Harrison

David L. King

Derrick Hastings

Jane Beard

Kidnapper

Michael Gabel

Kidnapper

Kelly Williams

Mr. Porter

Beverly Brigham

Autograph Seeker

Teman Treadway

FBI Man

Kyle Duvall

FBI Man

Andrew C. Boothby

FBI Man

Sharief Paris

FBI Man

Gary Glaesser

FBI Man

Brian Deenihan

Plainclothes Guard

Julie Kurzava

Opera Singer

Michael Consoli

Opera Singer

Hugh Wilson

The President (voice)

Brenna McDonough

Doctor

John Leonard Thompson

Young Doctor

Saige Spinney

Waitress

Gerald F. Gough

Store Manager

George Gomes

James Carlisle

Bob Child

Shaeffer's Assistant

John Louis Fischer

Crew Member

Diana Sowle

Hairdresser

Maggie Linton

Carlo's Secretary

Jim Hild

Helicopter Doctor

Will Bellais

Major Domo

Matilde Valera

Yvonne Hernandez

Marie Mackenzie

Nurse

Al Cerullo

Helicopter Pilot

Michael Echols

Orderly

Michael Ahl

Businessman (uncredited)

James A. Howard

Store Customer (uncredited)

Mark Norris

FBI Agent (uncredited)

Mike Rademaekers

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Carolyn Rawleigh

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Noble Willingham

Sheriff Janson (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Hugh Wilson

Screenplay

PJ Torokvei

Reviews

Geronimo1967

August 26, 2023

Shirley MacLaine ("Tess") is on good form in this rather daft tale of a pretty cantankerous former First Lady who has a running battle with her Secret Service agent Nicolas Cage ("Doug") as he tries to keep her within his security protocols - an exasperating task that is mostly an uphill struggle. A series of fun face-offs ensue as she and her team - chef Richard Griffiths and chauffeur Austin Pendleton run the poor old Cage ragged before, unexpectedly, she goes and gets herself into a bit of bother that mobilises just about the entire nation. "Tess" has got some good one-liners and there is a fair amount of chemistry between the pair as their love/hate relationship begins to pan out in this quite watchable comedy drama.