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.
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Cast
53 people
Shirley MacLaine
Tess Carlisle
Known for
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Apartment
Nicolas Cage
Doug Chesnic
Known for
The Croods
National Treasure
Austin Pendleton
Earl
Known for
Finding Nemo
A Beautiful Mind
Edward Albert
Barry Carlisle
Known for
Power Rangers
Galaxy of Terror
James Rebhorn
Howard Shaeffer
Known for
The Game
Scent of a Woman
Richard Griffiths
Frederick
Known for
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
John Roselius
Tom Bahlor
Known for
Lost Highway
The Enforcer
David Graf
Lee Danielson
Known for
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
The Brady Bunch Movie
Don Yesso
Ralph Buoncristiani
Known for
True Detective
Focus
James Lally
Joe Spector
Known for
Working Girl
The Birdcage
Brant von Hoffman
Bob Hutcherson
Known for
Police Academy
Dudley Do-Right
Harry Lennix
Kenny Young
Known for
The Blacklist
Man of Steel
Hugh Wilson Director · PJ Torokvei Screenplay Michael Convertino Composer
Worldwide gross $27M · Budget $20M · United States release March 11, 1994
Box office
Budget
$20,000,000
Worldwide gross
$27,058,304
Gross vs. budget
1.4×
Production
Channel Films
Production
TriStar Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Georgian
Release dates
Sweden · March 11, 1994
Theatrical
United States · March 11, 1994
Theatrical
Brazil
July 1, 1994 · Theatrical
Czechia
April 1, 1995 · Physical
Denmark
September 2, 1994 · Theatrical
France
July 27, 1994 · Theatrical
November 7, 2001 · Physical · DVD
Germany
September 19, 1995 · Theatrical
Greece
November 12, 2001 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 30, 1994 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 23, 1995 · Theatrical
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