Guarding Tess

Mar 11, 1994

1h 36m

★ 6.0

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Channel Films

TriStar Pictures

Guarding Tess Trailers

Cast

Tess Carlisle

Shirley MacLaine

Doug Chesnic

Nicolas Cage

Earl

Austin Pendleton

Barry Carlisle

Edward Albert

Howard Shaeffer

James Rebhorn

Frederick

Richard Griffiths

Tom Bahlor

John Roselius

Lee Danielson

David Graf

Ralph Buoncristiani

Don Yesso

Joe Spector

James Lally

Bob Hutcherson

Brant von Hoffman

Kenny Young

Harry Lennix

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