Clear and Present Danger poster
Director Phillip Noyce
Screenplay Steven Zaillian, John Milius, Donald E. Stewart

Clear and Present Danger

Tagline: Truth needs a soldier.

Release Date: 1994-08-03

Duration: 141 minutes

Synopsis

Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.

Casting

  • Willem Dafoe
    John Clark
  • Harrison Ford
    Jack Ryan
  • James Earl Jones
    Admiral James Greer
  • Benjamin Bratt
    Captain Ramirez
  • Anne Archer
    Dr. Cathy Ryan
  • Thora Birch
    Sally Ryan
  • Rex Linn
    Washington Detective
  • Vondie Curtis-Hall
    Voice-Print Analyst
  • Greg Germann
    Petey
  • Patricia Belcher
    INS Officer