For an ex-CIA agent, the job of bodyguard for a 12-year old girl should have been a breeze…
Director: Élie Chouraqui
Producer: Arnon Milchan
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.
93 min
Rating: 5.7/10
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Scott Glenn
Creasy
Jade Malle
Samantha
Brooke Adams
Jane
Jonathan Pryce
Michael
Danny Aiello
Conti
Joe Pesci
David
Movie Info
Director: Élie Chouraqui
Producer: Arnon Milchan
Production Companies: Sept Films Cinéma, Cima Produzioni, Embassy International Pictures
Countries: France, Italy
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