Guarding Tess (1994)

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A comedy beyond the call of duty.

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. Doug is crushed, and—after returning—wants off her detail as she is very difficult to guard and makes her detail crazy with her whims and demands.

• Released: 1994-03-11
• Genres: Comedy, Drama
• Runtime: 1h 36m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.0/10 from 362 votes

Directed by Hugh Wilson.

Top cast

• Shirley MacLaine as Tess Carlisle
• Nicolas Cage as Doug Chesnic
• Austin Pendleton as Earl
• Edward Albert as Barry Carlisle
• James Rebhorn as Howard Shaeffer
• Richard Griffiths as Frederick
• John Roselius as Tom Bahlor
• David Graf as Lee Danielson
• Don Yesso as Ralph Buoncristiani
• James Lally as Joe Spector

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Guarding Tess

• United States: stream on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon Channel; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store
• India: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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