

Man on Fire
1987-09-04 · 93 min · ★ 5.7
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.
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- Directors
- Élie Chouraqui
- Production companies
- Sept Films Cinéma, Cima Produzioni, Embassy International Pictures
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Scott GlennCreasy
Jade MalleSamantha
Brooke AdamsJane
Jonathan PryceMichael
Danny AielloConti
Joe PesciDavid
Paul ShenarEttore
Laura MoranteJulia
Alessandro HaberSandri
Franco TrevisiRabbia
Giancarlo PratiSatta
Lou CastelViolente
Lorenzo PianiBruno
Giuseppe Cederna'Snake'
Giovanni MaurielloElio
Anita ZagariaConti's Wife
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