Guarding Tess
A comedy beyond the call of duty.
6.0(353) 1994-03-11 96 minComedyDrama
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.
DirectorHugh Wilson
ScreenplayHugh Wilson
ProducerNancy Graham Tanen
ProducerNed Tanen
Original Music ComposerMichael Convertino
ScreenplayPJ Torokvei
Cast & characters
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
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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
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Stephen S. Chen
as Jimmy
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Katie O'Hara
as Barbara
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Mark Conway
as Caleb Harrison
David L. King
as Derrick Hastings
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Jane Beard
as Kidnapper
Michael Gabel
as Kidnapper
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Kelly Williams
as Mr. Porter
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Beverly Brigham
as Autograph Seeker
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Teman Treadway
as FBI Man
