ComedyDrama

Guarding Tess

- A comedy beyond the call of duty.

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.

Release Date : 1994-03-11

Language :GeorgianEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Channel FilmsTriStar Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Tess Carlisle

Original Name : Shirley MacLaine

Gender : Female

Character Name : Doug Chesnic

Original Name : Nicolas Cage

Gender : Male

Character Name : Earl

Original Name : Austin Pendleton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barry Carlisle

Original Name : Edward Albert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Howard Shaeffer

Original Name : James Rebhorn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frederick

Original Name : Richard Griffiths

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tom Bahlor

Original Name : John Roselius

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lee Danielson

Original Name : David Graf

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ralph Buoncristiani

Original Name : Don Yesso

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe Spector

Original Name : James Lally

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bob Hutcherson

Original Name : Brant von Hoffman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kenny Young

Original Name : Harry Lennix

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kimberly Cannon

Original Name : Susan Blommaert

Gender : Female

Character Name : Charles Ivy

Original Name : Dale Dye

Gender : Male

Character Name : Neal Carlo

Original Name : James Handy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jimmy

Original Name : Stephen S. Chen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barbara

Original Name : Katie O'Hara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caleb Harrison

Original Name : Mark Conway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Derrick Hastings

Original Name : David L. King

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kidnapper

Original Name : Jane Beard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kidnapper

Original Name : Michael Gabel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Porter

Original Name : Kelly Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Autograph Seeker

Original Name : Beverly Brigham

Gender : Male

Character Name : FBI Man

Original Name : Teman Treadway

Gender : Male

Character Name : FBI Man

Original Name : Kyle Duvall

Gender : Male

Character Name : FBI Man

Original Name : Andrew C. Boothby

Gender : Male

Character Name : FBI Man

Original Name : Sharief Paris

Gender : Male

Character Name : FBI Man

Original Name : Gary Glaesser

Gender : Male

Character Name : Plainclothes Guard

Original Name : Brian Deenihan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Opera Singer

Original Name : Julie Kurzava

Gender : Male

Character Name : Opera Singer

Original Name : Michael Consoli

Gender : Male

Character Name : The President (voice)

Original Name : Hugh Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Brenna McDonough

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Doctor

Original Name : John Leonard Thompson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waitress

Original Name : Saige Spinney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Store Manager

Original Name : Gerald F. Gough

Gender : Male

Character Name : James Carlisle

Original Name : George Gomes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shaeffer's Assistant

Original Name : Bob Child

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crew Member

Original Name : John Louis Fischer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hairdresser

Original Name : Diana Sowle

Gender : Female

Character Name : Carlo's Secretary

Original Name : Maggie Linton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helicopter Doctor

Original Name : Jim Hild

Gender : Male

Character Name : Major Domo

Original Name : Will Bellais

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yvonne Hernandez

Original Name : Matilde Valera

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Marie Mackenzie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helicopter Pilot

Original Name : Al Cerullo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Orderly

Original Name : Michael Echols

Gender : Male

Character Name : Businessman (uncredited)

Original Name : Michael Ahl

Gender : Male

Character Name : Store Customer (uncredited)

Original Name : James A. Howard

Gender : Male

Character Name : FBI Agent (uncredited)

Original Name : Mark Norris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bar Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Mike Rademaekers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Carolyn Rawleigh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff Janson (uncredited)

Original Name : Noble Willingham

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-08-26

Shirley MacLaine ("Tess") is on good form in this rather daft tale of a pretty cantankerous former First Lady who has a running battle with her Secret Service agent Nicolas Cage ("Doug") as he tries to keep her within his security protocols - an exasperating task that is mostly an uphill struggle. A series of fun face-offs ensue as she and her team - chef Richard Griffiths and chauffeur Austin Pendleton run the poor old Cage ragged before, unexpectedly, she goes and gets herself into a bit of bother that mobilises just about the entire nation. "Tess" has got some good one-liners and there is a fair amount of chemistry between the pair as their love/hate relationship begins to pan out in this quite watchable comedy drama.