Parasite
2019 · Comedy · Thriller
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Film / 1994
Guarding Tess
Directed by
Hugh Wilson
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 …
The story
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
Shirley MacLaineTess Carlisle
Nicolas CageDoug Chesnic
Austin PendletonEarl
Edward AlbertBarry Carlisle
James RebhornHoward Shaeffer
Richard GriffithsFrederick
John RoseliusTom Bahlor
David GrafLee Danielson
Don YessoRalph Buoncristiani
James LallyJoe Spector
Brant von HoffmanBob Hutcherson
Harry LennixKenny Young
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Susan BlommaertKimberly Cannon
Dale DyeCharles Ivy
James HandyNeal Carlo
Stephen S. ChenJimmy
Katie O'HaraBarbara
Mark ConwayCaleb Harrison
David L. KingDerrick Hastings
Jane BeardKidnapper
Michael GabelKidnapper
Kelly WilliamsMr. Porter
Beverly BrighamAutograph Seeker
Teman TreadwayFBI Man
Kyle DuvallFBI Man
Sharief ParisFBI Man
Gary GlaesserFBI Man
Brian DeenihanPlainclothes Guard
Julie KurzavaOpera Singer
Michael ConsoliOpera Singer
Hugh WilsonThe President (voice)
Brenna McDonoughDoctor
John Leonard ThompsonYoung Doctor
Saige SpinneyWaitress
Gerald F. GoughStore Manager
George GomesJames Carlisle
Bob ChildShaeffer's Assistant
John Louis FischerCrew Member
Diana SowleHairdresser
Maggie LintonCarlo's Secretary
Jim HildHelicopter Doctor
Will BellaisMajor Domo
Matilde ValeraYvonne Hernandez
Marie MackenzieNurse
Al CerulloHelicopter Pilot
Michael EcholsOrderly
Michael AhlBusinessman (uncredited)
James A. HowardStore Customer (uncredited)
Mark NorrisFBI Agent (uncredited)
Mike RademaekersBar Patron (uncredited)
Carolyn RawleighRestaurant Patron (uncredited)
Noble WillinghamSheriff Janson (uncredited)
Andrew BoothbyFBI Man
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