Guarding Tess
“A comedy beyond the call of duty.”
1994•PG-13•1h 36m•6.0•Released
ComedyDrama
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
Writer
Hugh Wilson, PJ Torokvei
Budget
$20M
Revenue
$27M
Languages
Georgian, English
Studio
Channel Films
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
Production
Company
Channel Films
Company
TriStar Pictures
Producer
Nancy Graham Tanen
Producer
Ned Tanen
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