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.
Acting
Scott Glenn's haunted minimalism vs. Pesci's wired energy.
Cinematography
Lake Como beauty contrasted with urban grime.
Director
Élie Chouraqui
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is the first of four film adaptations of A.J. Quinnell's 1980 novel; the 2004 version is the only one that's widely remembered.
Chouraqui deliberately avoided the Reagan-era action hero template, making Creasy vulnerable, alcoholic, and genuinely suicidal—radical for 1987.
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