Movie Cosmos - Guarding Tess

Description:

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.

Top 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

Brant von Hoffman

As Bob Hutcherson

Harry Lennix

As Kenny Young

Susan Blommaert

As Kimberly Cannon

Dale Dye

As Charles Ivy

James Handy

As Neal Carlo

Stephen S. Chen

As Jimmy

Katie O'Hara

As Barbara

Mark Conway

As Caleb Harrison

David L. King

As Derrick Hastings

Jane Beard

As Kidnapper

Michael Gabel

As Kidnapper

Kelly Williams

As Mr. Porter

Beverly Brigham

As Autograph Seeker

Teman Treadway

As FBI Man

Kyle Duvall

As FBI Man

Andrew C. Boothby

As FBI Man

Sharief Paris

As FBI Man

Gary Glaesser

As FBI Man

Brian Deenihan

As Plainclothes Guard

Julie Kurzava

As Opera Singer

Michael Consoli

As Opera Singer

Hugh Wilson

As The President (voice)

Brenna McDonough

As Doctor

John Leonard Thompson

As Young Doctor

Saige Spinney

As Waitress

Gerald F. Gough

As Store Manager

George Gomes

As James Carlisle

Bob Child

As Shaeffer's Assistant

John Louis Fischer

As Crew Member

Diana Sowle

As Hairdresser

Maggie Linton

As Carlo's Secretary

Jim Hild

As Helicopter Doctor

Will Bellais

As Major Domo

Matilde Valera

As Yvonne Hernandez

Marie Mackenzie

As Nurse

Al Cerullo

As Helicopter Pilot

Michael Echols

As Orderly

Michael Ahl

As Businessman (uncredited)

James A. Howard

As Store Customer (uncredited)

Mark Norris

As FBI Agent (uncredited)

Mike Rademaekers

As Bar Patron (uncredited)

Carolyn Rawleigh

As Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Noble Willingham

As Sheriff Janson (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Hugh Wilson

Director

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

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.

2023-08-26