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In the Line of Fire

In the Line of Fire is a 1993 American political action thriller film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich and Rene Russo. Written by Jeff Maguire, the film is about a disillusioned and obsessed former CIA agent who attempts to assassinate the President of the United States and the Secret Service agent who tracks him. Eastwood's character is the sole active-duty Secret Service agent who is still remaining from the detail that had guarded John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, at the time of his assassination in 1963. The film also stars Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole, John Mahoney, and Fred Dalton Thompson.

Plot

Frank Horrigan and Al D'Andrea meet with members of a counterfeiting group at a marina. The group's leader, Mendoza, tells Horrigan that he has identified D'Andrea as an undercover United States Secret Service agent. Mendoza hands Horrigan a gun and urges him to prove his loyalty by killing D’Andrea. Horrigan unenthusiastically accepts, puts the gun to D’Andrea’s head, and pulls the trigger. Once the gun is revealed to be unloaded, Mendoza gladly announces that Horrigan has passed a test, escaping his suspicion. Using his own gun, Horrigan swiftly shoots and kills Mendoza's men, and identifies himself as a Secret Service agent, affecting Mendoza’s arrest.