Guarding Tess

Guarding Tess

96 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 11, 1994

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.

Guarding Tess

96 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 11, 1994

Guarding Tess
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers TriStar Pictures, Channel Films
Original title Guarding Tess
Directors Hugh Wilson
Writers Pj Torokvei, Hugh Wilson

Cast

Nicolas Cage

as Doug Chesnic

Shirley MacLaine

as Tess Carlisle

Austin Pendleton

as Earl Fowler

Edward Albert

as Barry Carlisle

James Rebhorn

as Howard Schaeffer

Richard Griffiths

as Frederick

John Roselius

as Tom Bahlor

David Graf

as Lee Danielson

Don Yesso

as Ralph Buoncristiani

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

Hugh Wilson

as The President (voice)

Gerald F. Gough

as Store Manager

James Lally

as Joe Spector

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

Brenna McDonough

as Doctor

John Leonard Thompson

as Young Doctor

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 (as Al Cerullo Jr.)

Michael Echols

as Orderly (as Michael A. Echols)

Michael Ahl

as Businessman (uncredited)

Dave Droge

as S.W.A.T. Commando (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)