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Guarding Tess
“A comedy beyond the call of duty.”
6.0 / 10• 1994• 1h 36m•PG-13• English
ComedyDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Shirley MacLaine
Tess Carlisle
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hugh Wilson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Guarding Tess is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
