Clear and Present Danger

About Clear and Present Danger

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.

Clear and Present Danger is a 1994 thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce. At 141 minutes long, it arrived in August 1994.

Its themes are shootout, central intelligence agency (CIA), explosion, and USA president. The story is adapted from a novel.

Harrison Ford stars as Jack Ryan, Willem Dafoe as John Clark, Joaquim de Almeida as Col. Felix V. Cortez, and Henry Czerny as CIA Deputy Director Robert Ritter. The screenplay is by Donald E. Stewart and John Milius. It was produced by Mace Neufeld Productions, Paramount Pictures, and Robert Rehme Productions. It streams on Paramount Plus Essential in the United States.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Patriot Games, and Die Hard 2 make useful companions to Clear and Present Danger, all filed under CIA analyst and ex military. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 1,759 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.