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Clear and Present Danger (1994)

PG_13  141 min  -  Action | Drama | Thriller   -  3 August 1994 (USA)
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CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Writers:

Tom Clancy (novel), Donald Stewart (screenplay), and 2 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Harrison Ford ...
Willem Dafoe ...
Anne Archer ...
Joaquim de Almeida ...
Henry Czerny ...
Harris Yulin ...
Donald Moffat ...
President Bennett
Miguel Sandoval ...
Benjamin Bratt ...
Raymond Cruz ...
Domingo Chavez
Dean Jones ...
Judge Moore
Thora Birch ...
Ann Magnuson ...
Moira Wolfson
Hope Lange ...
Senator Mayo
Tom Tammi ...
FBI Director Emile Jacobs
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Storyline

Jack Ryan is back and this time the bad guys are in his own government. When Admiral James Greer becomes sick with cancer, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. Almost before he can draw a breath in his new position, one of the president's closest friends and his family are murdered in their sleep by what appears to by drug cartels. Ryan is called in to investigate, but unknown to him the CIA has already sent a secret field operative to lead an illegal paramilitary force in Colombia against cartels. Things get even more complicated when his team is set up and he loses and agent in the field and a friend of his wife's, who was the murdered agent's secretary is murdered that same day. Ryan must then risk not only his career, but his life to expose the truth behind the mystery. Written by SindyMac  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

CIA | Drugs | Colombia | Colombian Drug Cartel | Mercenary  | See more »

Taglines:

The war of drugs would lead him to the war of power. See more »

Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some intense action/violence and language See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Peligro inminente See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$207,500,000 (Worldwide)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

In the movie, CIA computer whiz Petey (Greg Germann) cracks the password of the boat victim by manually guessing combinations of birthday numbers of the victim's family. This is a relic of 1994, when the internet was fledgling and most people didn't have email or anything that required a password on their personal computers. By 2000, email and other online accounts had blossomed, and more people were aware that simple passwords weren't a good idea. In 2010 meanwhile, most websites have requirements on "password entropy" and reject outright such simple passwords as too easy to crack. On a side note, as a member of the CIA, Ritter probably had a "cryptocard" or other device that told him what his password was when he logged in, and changed every hour or every minute. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: The laser guiding the cellulose bomb was aimed clearly on the large yellow pick-up truck in the driveway in front of the hacienda. This leads to the media speculation that a truck bomb went off. Yet, Ryan's intelligence photos of the aftermath of the explosion clearly shows a crater in the center of the compound, away from where the laser was aimed. See more »

Quotes

[On whether Jack should investigate the growing scandal]
Admiral Greer: You took an oath, if you recall, when you first came to work for me. And I don't mean to the National Security Advisor of the United States, I mean to his boss... and I don't mean the President. You gave your word to his boss: you gave your word to the people of the United States. Your word is who you are.
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Soundtracks

"Largo"
from New World Symphony by Antonín Dvorák See more »