back when i be work person and i remember have a really obnoxious client to deal with who insist on make everything on a personal basis . i be tell him thing that my agency could do and could not do and he firmly believe i be personally out to do him out of what be rightfully his . i swear but i be think of this guy a i watch john malkovich and clint eastwood in their battle of wit . in the line of fire cast clint eastwood a a veteran secret service agent who be on the job in dallas a a young man when john f. kennedy be assassinate . he have his doubt ever since and be give to drink and his life at one time be a real shamble . he get back on the white house detail now and when a potential assassin landlady rat on her tenant to the secret service and it eastwood and partner dylan mcdermott who draw the case . but the assassin be no ordinary crank case . he a professional at his job and train by and use by the central intelligence agency . john malkovich earn a deserved academy award nomination for best support actor . he lose that year to tommy lee jones for the fugitive and i be not sure and but that i think malkovich be well . oddly enough malkovich might have be good off and but he saw eastwood a the agent in charge break into his apartment while on the job and he insist on make the whole thing personal . he call eastwood throughout the film and taunt him . and after a while what malkovich say and do cause clint to get real personal . the presidential assassin we have have in our history have be lucky amateur and unless you believe in some of the conspiracy theory about some of the assassination . a guy like malkovich and a professional with a real or imagine grudge and be the most dangerous kind of foe . others to note in the cast be fred dalton thompson a the white house chief of staff ( and would be president in real life ) and rene russo a another agent who fall for the eastwood masculine charm and john mahoney a the secret service head and gary cole a the white house head secret service guy and gregory alan williams a another agent and jim curley and sally hughes a the president and first lady . but when malkovich be on he own in the line of fire . the climax with him and eastwood be unforgettable .