Guarding Tess

PG-13

3/11/19941h 36m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A comedy beyond the call of duty. ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Hugh Wilson

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$20,000,000.00

Revenue:

$27,058,304.00

Key words:

bodyguard
celebrity
national security agency (nsa)
security guard

Cast

Shirley MacLaine

~ as ~

Tess Carlisle

Nicolas Cage

~ as ~

Doug Chesnic

Austin Pendleton

~ as ~

Earl

Edward Albert

~ as ~

Barry Carlisle

James Rebhorn

~ as ~

Howard Shaeffer

Richard Griffiths

~ as ~

Frederick

John Roselius

~ as ~

Tom Bahlor

David Graf

~ as ~

Lee Danielson

Don Yesso

~ as ~

Ralph Buoncristiani

James Lally

~ as ~

Joe Spector

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
6
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.