Drama ·Thriller · France · 1987 · 1h 33m

Man on Fire

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Director
Élie Chouraqui
Cast
Scott Glenn as Creasy Jade Malle as Samantha Brooke Adams as Jane Jonathan Pryce as Michael Danny Aiello as Conti Joe Pesci as David
Crew
Gerry Fisher — Director of Photography Noëlle Boisson — Editor John Scott — Original Music Composer Élie Chouraqui — Screenplay Sergio Donati — Screenplay A. J. Quinnell — Novel
Tagline

For an ex-CIA agent, the job of bodyguard for a 12-year old girl should have been a breeze…

Synopsis

Creasy, a traumatized ex-CIA agent, gets a job as a bodyguard for Samantha, the twelve-year-old daughter of a wealthy Italian family living in a swanky villa on the shores of Lake Como.

Trailer Man on Fire — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookbodyguardorganized crimechild kidnappingex-cia agentadult child friendshiplake como, italytraumatized man
Key Collaborators
Élie Chouraqui Director Gerry Fisher Director of Photography Noëlle Boisson Editor John Scott Original Music Composer Élie Chouraqui Screenplay Sergio Donati Screenplay A. J. Quinnell Novel Arnon Milchan Producer
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