Executive producer, Tom Rooker ; director of photography, Jack N. Green ; editor, Joel Cox ; music, Lennie Niehaus.

Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Scott Glenn, Dennis Haysbert, Judy Davis, E. G. Marshall, Melora Hardin.

The actions of a philandering United States President provoke a gruesome murder and carefully orchestrated cover-up. When a professional burglar witnesses the crime and comes away with crucial evidence, he becomes the target of a manhunt by the President's advisors. Rebuffed in his attempt to reconcile with his estranged daughter, the burglar decides to leave the country. He sees the President at a news conference rant about violence. The burglar decides to stay and attempt to pin the blame for the murder where it belongs.

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