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The Presidio is a american film of genre Drama directed by Peter Hyams released in USA on 10 june 1988 with Sean Connery
The Presidio (1988)
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Add to a movie listThe Presidio is a 1988 American crime drama film directed by Peter Hyams, starring Sean Connery and Mark Harmon. Hyams also photographed. The score was composed by Bruce Broughton.
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At the Presidio Army base in San Francisco, MP Patti Jean Lynch (Jenette Goldstein) is shot dead while investigating a break-in on the base and two San Francisco Police officers are killed in the getaway. Jay Austin (Mark Harmon), a San Francisco police inspector, is sent to investigate. He clashes with Lieutenant Colonel Alan Caldwell (Sean Connery), the base Provost Marshal.Actors
Sean Connery
(Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell)
Mark Harmon
(Jay Austin)
Meg Ryan
(Donna Caldwell)
Jack Warden
(Sgt. Maj. Ross Maclure)
Mark Blum
(Arthur Peale)
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