In the Line of Fire
An assassin on the loose. A president in danger. Only one man stands between them…
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas.Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.
- Director
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Craft
- Worldwide
- $177M
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Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.
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Box Office & Release
In the Line of Fire returned 4.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $40M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $177M
- Release date
- Jul 8, 1993
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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