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Writers (WGA):
Wayne Beach (written by) &
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Release Date:
18 April 1997 (USA) more
Tagline:
He's a D.C. cop on the outside. She's a Secret Service agent on the inside. Tracking a White House homicide to the First Family's front door. more
Plot:
At a time of international incident, the body of a young female staffer is found in a White House wash room... more | add synopsis
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Bog standard, workman-like thriller more (50 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Wesley Snipes ... Detective Regis

Diane Lane ... Nina Chance
Daniel Benzali ... Spikings
Dennis Miller ... Detective Stengel

Alan Alda ... Jordan

Ronny Cox ... President Jack Neil
Diane Baker ... Kitty Neil
Tate Donovan ... Kyle Neil
Harris Yulin ... General Clark Tully

Tom Wright ... Cooper
Nicholas Pryor ... Paul Moran
Charles Rocket ... Jeffrey
Nigel Bennett ... Burton Cash
Tamara Gorski ... Young Woman In Bar

Douglas O'Keeffe ... Assassin - John Kerry
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Murder at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
107 min | Argentina:108 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Wesley Snipes got the role of Regis after 'Bruce Willis (I)' dropped out. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In earlier references to the president, he is shown as a left hander (as the murder weapon is alleged to have been used my a left handed person). When the president strikes down Jordan in the final scene, he rubs his right fist after the blow. more
Quotes:
Detective Harlan Regis: I think the president's gonna become an international suspect. more
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Referenced in Pootie Tang (2001) more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Bog standard, workman-like thriller, 21 January 2002
Author: bob the moo from Birmingham, UK

At a time when America's foreign policy has put them in a situation where American servicemen are being held in China and conflict is possible, things are complicated by the discovery of a young woman's body in a room in the White House (the 1600 of the title). DC Detective Regis is brought in to investigate the crime but finds himself hampered by the secret service covering up and classifying key evidence sources. Regis, with the help of Agent Nina Chance finds himself drawn up into a deeper conspiracy.

This is quite a workman-like thriller. It's not very good but it's not very bad either. The plot starts well but gets a little ponderous at times and perhaps requires more than a little suspension of disbelief at times (a point where Snipes breaks into the White House through underground tunnels and walks round dressed as a cleaner is perhaps a step too far!). However the overall concept is ok and it is easy to believe that the Secret Service would take any steps necessary to cover anything that could embarrass the Presidency. However it's also a big leap to take for granted that Snipes and co. could get quite as far as they do.

Snipes is OK in the lead, however he doesn't quite get above the role of "tough cop" that we see in tonnes of cop movies. Attempts to give him a deeper character by having him build historical models in his spare time didn't really cut it for me. Similarly Lane is pretty much a non-entity in the film - I just didn't have any strong memories for her or her character at the end, I don't know if this was her fault or the fault of the script. The instantly recognisable Benzali is good and manages to bring a little menace to the role but doesn't have a great deal to work with. The role of National Security Advisor is well played by Alan Alda - he does a good job, but I did have a problem at the start of the film because I don't think of him in this type of film (Manhattan Murder Mystery - Yes, any other genres - not really), however once I got past this I was fine. Ronny Cox (he of so many screen bad guys) is given a small thankless role as the President. He doesn't have much to do and again it just never feels like he's comfortable with the role - contrast with his characters in things like Robocop and Total Recall to see the difference in his performances.

Overall this is a standard thriller that isn't very memorable but will pass the time easily enough. Once watched I doubt that you'll rush to see it again.

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