Once, San Francisco cop Jay Austin (Mark Harmon) served as an officer under Lt. Colonel Alan Caldwell (Sean Connery) who now provost marshal of the military police at the base called The Presidio. The relationship is not a warm one, and becomes even more charged when they are forced to work together on a murder case involving a female MP, an on base break-in, and then a chase in the streets of San Francisco that results in a civilian cop being shot. To strain their relationship further, Jay becomes romantically entangled with Caldwell’s daughter Donna (Meg Ryan). Civilian and military law enforcement working together is always problematic, but there are dark undertones of old conspiracies going back to Vietnam, and even CIA involvement. Caldwell has to deal with both his perception of Austin as a troublemaker and hothead from their military experience, and the issues of dealing with civilians he cannot control. The love affair with his daughter puts her at risk as well from the dark and mysterious players in the crimes. Predictable stakeouts, shoot-em-ups and car chases add to the formulaic crime drama.
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Sean Connery | Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell |
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Mark Harmon | Jay Austin |
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Meg Ryan | Donna Caldwell |
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Jack Warden | Sgt. Maj. Ross Maclure |
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Mark Blum | Arthur Peale |
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Dana Gladstone | Col. Paul Lawrence |
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Jenette Goldstein | Patti Jean Lynch |
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Marvin J. McIntyre | MP Zeke |
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Don Calfa | Howard Buckely |
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John DiSanti | Det. Marvin Powell |
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Robert Lesser | Sgt. Mueller |
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James Hooks Reynolds | George Spota |
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Curtis W. Sims | Sgt. Garfield |
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Rick Zumwalt | Bully in Bar |
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Rosalyn Marshall | Lawrence's Secretary |
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Jessie Lawrence Ferguson | Pilot at Travis AFB |
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Larry Flash Jenkins | MP Dutton |
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Jesse D. Goins | MP Bygrave |
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Kim Robillard | MP Mitchell |
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Michael Strasser | MP Stillwell |
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Chuckie Davis | Julius |
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Ron Cummins | Maintenance Man |
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Patrick Kilpatrick | Mark |
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John Vick | Post Commander |
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Michael Fosberg | Capt. Gordon |
| Director | Peter Hyams |
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| Writer | Larry Ferguson | |
| Producer | Fred C. Caruso, D. Constantine Conte, Jonathan A. Zimbert | |
| Musician | Bruce Broughton | |
| Photography | Peter Hyams | |
| Packaging | Snap Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Regions | Region 2 |