Shirley MacLaine
Tess Carlisle
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Sep 23, 2015 · Doug is pushed aside but continues his own investigation leading to the rescue of Tess. There is nothing “light” about this ending here, it’s seriously full on Silence of the Lambs type shit. The 1st lady is buried alive in a Texas Chainsaw type abandoned farm in the middle of nowhere.
Mar 11, 1994 · 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.
Mar 7, 1994 · There’s a little gem of an idea in “Guarding Tess.” The premise has a young, ambitious Secret Service agent stuck in the thankless job of protecting the widow of a U.S. president.
Jul 17, 2012 · MacLaine easily steals the movie and provides what laughs there are. After Tess gets abducted, Doug shoots a suspect's toe off to gain information on her whereabouts. Later, after Doug tells Tess that he shot someone's toe, she responds with pity, "After all that practice."
Mar 11, 1994 · Despite a slow start, the movie eventually slips into a congenial flow. Unfortunately, Guarding Tess ends up derailing because of a ill-conceived ending that has something to do with a silly kidnapping subplot.
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- Hugh Wilson
- PG-13
Guarding Tess: Directed by Hugh Wilson. With Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Austin Pendleton, Edward Albert. A former U.S. First Lady wants a particular Secret Service agent to head her bodyguard detail, even though he can't stand her.
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Trivia. Guarding Tess. Shared with you. Writer-director Hugh Wilson learned that Secret Service Agents have their own frustrations. This is especially when they are regarded as little more than gofers with guns.
