Gene Hackman plays Johnny Gallagher, a Green Beret escorting political prisoner Thomas Boyette from West Berlin to the United States. Boyette escapes and then Gallagher finds himself accused of a murder and his prisoner actually part of much larger conspiracy to set him up as a patsy for the assassination of the U.S. President. Complicated but well-executed political thriller, with the unfortunate bad timing of being produced just before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
| Gene Hackman | ... Johnny Gallagher |
| Joanna Cassidy | ... Eileen Gallagher |
| Tommy Lee Jones | ... Thomas Boyette |
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| Dennis Franz | ... Milan Delich |
| Reni Santoni | ... Chicago Police Lieutenant |
| Pam Grier | ... Ruth Butler |
| Chelcie Ross | ... Gen. Hopkins |
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| Ron Dean | ... Karl Richards |
| Kevin Crowley | ... Walter Henke |
| Thalmus Rasulala | ... Secret Service Commander |
| Marco St. John | ... Marth |
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| John Heard | ... Col. Glen Whitacre |
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| Nathan Davis | ... Soviet Press Secretary |
| Joe Greco | ... Gen. Carlson |
| Ike Pappas | ... Himself |
| Michael Skewes | ... MP |
| Johnny Lee Davenport | ... MP |
| Juan Ramirez | ... Thug |
| Miguel Nino | ... Thug |
| Mik Scriba | ... Thug |
| Joe Guzaldo | ... Press Secretary Rogers |
| Michael Tomlinson | ... Johnny's Field Soldier |
| Cody Glenn | ... Johnny's Field Soldier |
| Harry Lennix | ... Johnny's Field Soldier |
| Carlos Sanz | ... Johnny's Field Soldier |
| Diane Timmerman | ... Female Backpacker |
| Charles Mueller | ... Male Backpacker |
| Wilhelm von Homburg | ... West Berlin Police Lieutenant |
| Anatoly Davydov | ... Soviet Colonel |
| William Musyka | ... Soviet General |
| Gary Berkovich | ... Soviet General |
| Allen Hamilton | ... American General |
| Greg Noonan | ... Command Post Commander |
| Harry Teinowitz | ... Command Post Soldier |
| Don James | ... Command Post Soldier |
| Gary Goldman | ... Command Post Soldier |
| Katherine Lynch | ... Henke's Wife |
| Mary Seibel | ... Henke's Mother |
| Joe D. Lauck | ... Sen. Bruce |
| Dick Cusack | ... Secretary of State |
| Boris Leskin | ... Soviet Foreign Minister |
| Danny Goldring | ... Undercover Bum |
| Gregory Alan-Williams | ... Col. Woods |
| Jack Kandel | ... Soldier with Orders |
| Nick Kusenko | ... Gen. Carlson's Aide |
| Tina Gloschenko | ... Henke's Girlfriend |
| John Hardy | ... Skycap |
| Henry Godinez | ... Lockup Police Officer |
| Kathryn Joosten | ... Waitress |
| Oksana Fedunszyn | ... Eileen's Secretary |
| Ralph Foody | ... Building Manager |
| Mike Bacarella | ... Paramedic |
| Steve Barbro | ... Hotel Police Officer |
| Eddie Bo Smith, Jr. | ... Ft. Belvoir Duty MP |
| Greg Goossen | ... Soldier in Provost Marshal's Office |
| Dennis Cockurm | ... Computer Technician |
| Ivory Ocean | ... Washington D.C. Police Officer |
| Metta Davis | ... Washington D.C. Witness |
| Alex Ross | ... Liquor Store Clerk |
| Will Zahrn | ... Nazi Goon |
| Michael Gaylord James | ... Nazi Goon |
| Nancy Baird | ... Milan's Wife |
| Gene Barge | ... Secret Service Agent |
| Walter Markley | ... Secret Service Agent |
| Otto von Wernherr | ... East German Army Lieutenant |
| Hilda McLean | ... Old German Woman |
| Leon Samoilovich | ... Soviet Security Agent |
| Dmitri Polytnsev | ... Translator |
| Lana Berkovich | ... Translator |
| John D'Amico | ... Soviet General Secretary |
| Ray Allen | ... United States President |
| Dr. Christine Cassel | ... Speaker at Governor's Conference |
| Billy Bosco | ... Milan's Son |
| Chad Smith | ... Milan's Son |
| Phillip Prerost | ... Hospital Police Officer |
| Jack Gold | ... Governor |
