Clear and Present Danger
“Truth needs a soldier.”
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.
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Part of The Jack Ryan Collection
3 films
Cast
88 people
Harrison Ford
Jack Ryan
Known for
Blade Runner
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Willem Dafoe
John Clark
Known for
Spider-Man
Aquaman
Joaquim de Almeida
Col. Felix V. Cortez
Known for
Warrior Nun
Desperado
Henry Czerny
CIA Deputy Director Robert Ritter
Known for
Mission: Impossible
Sharp Objects
Harris Yulin
National Security Advisor James Cutter
Known for
Ozark
Training Day
Tom Clancy
novel
Also in
The Simpsons
Submarine: Steel Boats, Iron Men
Donald Moffat
President Bennett
Known for
The Thing
The Bourne Identity
Miguel Sandoval
Ernesto Escobedo
Known for
Sharp Objects
Station 19
Raymond Cruz
Domingo Chavez
Known for
The Curse of La Llorona
The Closer
Anne Archer
Dr. Cathy Ryan
Known for
The Dropout
Fatal Attraction
Thora Birch
Sally Ryan
Known for
American Beauty
Hocus Pocus
Benjamin Bratt
Captain Ramirez
Known for
Coco
Despicable Me 2
Phillip Noyce Director · Steven Zaillian Screenplay John Milius Screenplay
Worldwide gross $216M · Budget $62M · United States release August 3, 1994
Box office
Budget
$62,000,000
Worldwide gross
$215,887,717
Gross vs. budget
3.5×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Mace Neufeld Productions
Production
Robert Rehme Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Romania · August 3, 1994
Theatrical
United States · August 3, 1994
Theatrical
United States · October 20, 1998
Physical · DVD Release
United States
July 29, 2008 · Physical · Blu-Ray Release
Argentina
September 28, 1994 · Theatrical
Australia
October 6, 1994 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 30, 1994 · Theatrical
Czechia
December 1, 1994 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 23, 1994 · Theatrical
Estonia
January 13, 1995 · Theatrical
Finland
November 11, 1994 · Theatrical
France
October 19, 1994 · Theatrical
November 9, 2000 · Physical · DVD
January 25, 2012 · Physical · Blu-Ray
June 18, 2019 · Digital · VOD
June 7, 2023 · Physical · 4K UHD
December 16, 2025 · TV · RTL9
April 4, 2026 · TV · RTL9
Germany
September 29, 1994 · Theatrical
Greece
November 23, 2000 · Physical · DVD
Hungary
October 20, 1994 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 16, 1994 · Theatrical
Italy
December 7, 1994 · Theatrical
Japan
December 17, 1994 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 15, 1994 · Theatrical
January 11, 2002 · TV
May 22, 2003 · Physical · DVD
November 23, 2011 · Physical · Blu ray
Norway
November 4, 1994 · Theatrical
Philippines
November 16, 1994 · Theatrical
Portugal
September 30, 1994 · Theatrical
Russia
April 26, 2011 · Physical · DVD
June 4, 2012 · Physical · Blu-ray
South Korea
September 17, 1994 · Theatrical
Spain
December 2, 1994 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 21, 1994 · Theatrical
November 15, 2000 · Physical · DVD release
October 26, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray release
September 17, 2018 · Physical · 4K Ultra HD release
Taiwan
December 24, 1994 · Theatrical
Türkiye
November 25, 1994 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 16, 1994 · Theatrical
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