"Truth needs a soldier."

1994

2h 21m

6.6(1604 votes)

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Drama

Thriller

Overview

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.

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87 members

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Harrison Ford

Jack Ryan

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Willem Dafoe

John Clark

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Joaquim de Almeida

Col. Felix V. Cortez

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Henry Czerny

CIA Deputy Director Robert Ritter

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Harris Yulin

National Security Advisor James Cutter

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Donald Moffat

President Bennett

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Miguel Sandoval

Ernesto Escobedo

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Raymond Cruz

Domingo Chavez

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Anne Archer

Dr. Cathy Ryan

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Thora Birch

Sally Ryan

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Benjamin Bratt

Captain Ramirez

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Dean Jones

Judge Moore

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Ann Magnuson

Moira Wolfson

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James Earl Jones

Admiral James Greer

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Hope Lange

Senator Mayo

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Tom Tammi

FBI Director Emile Jacobs

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Greg Germann

Petey

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Tim Grimm

Dan Murray

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Belita Moreno

Jean Fowler

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Jorge Luke

Sipo

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Ellen Geer

Rose

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Jared Chandler

Insertion Team Radioman

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Ted Raimi

Satellite Analyst

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Vondie Curtis-Hall

Voice-Print Analyst

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John Lafayette

CIA Analyst

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Beau Lotterman

CIA Analyst

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Rex Linn

Washington Detective

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Ken Howard

Committee Chairman

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Alexander Lester

John Ryan Jr.

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Reg E. Cathey

Sergeant Major

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Clark Gregg

Staff Sergeant

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Chris Conrad

Sniper Sergeant

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Vaughn Armstrong

Blackhawk Pilot

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John Putch

Blackhawk Co-Pilot

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Colleen Flynn

Coast Guard Captain

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Reed Diamond

Coast Guard Chief

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Cam Brainard

Coast Guardsman

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Brendan Ford

Coast Guardsman

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Michael Jace

Coast Guardsman

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Patrick Bauchau

Enrique Rojas

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Aaron Lustig

Dr. Polk

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Lynne Marie Stewart

Greer's Secretary

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John Rixey Moore

Spook

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Jaime Gomez

Sergeant Oso

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Miguel Pérez

DEA Agent

Crew

R.A. Rondell

MC Driver

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Peter Weireter

FBI Director’s Bodyguard

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Blanca Guerra

Escobedo's Wife

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Diana Sowle

Cartel Maid

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Victor Palmieri

Ambassador Ferris

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Trip Hamilton

White House Guard

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Cameron Thor

DEA Surveillance Agent

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Harley Venton

DEA Agent

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Juan Carlos Colombo

Cortez's Bodyguard

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Rufino Echegoyen

Escobedo's Driver

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Honorato Magaloni

Mining Company Manager

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Mario Iván Martínez

Chemist

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Eduardo Andrade

Eduardo

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Hector Teller

Hector

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Alejandro Bracho

Fernandez

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Robert Arratia

Colombian Hitman

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Eliot Ferrer

Colombian Hitman

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Art

David J. Negrón Jr.

Cartel Accountant

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Michael A. Mendez

Cartel Gunman

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Camera

Michael A. Mendez

Cartel Member

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Kamala Lopez

Venezuelan Telephonist

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Guillermo Ríos

Gate House Guard

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Alejandro De Hoyos

Spanish Reporter

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Alejandro De Hoyos

CNN Reporter

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Barbara Harrison

TV Reporter

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Mark Bailey

Reporter

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Elizabeth Dennehy

Reporter

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Patricia Belcher

INS Officer

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Tom Isbell

Restaurant Doctor

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Kim Flowers

Restaurant Hostess

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Claudia Lobo

Ritter's Wife

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Al Verdun

Ritter's Secretary

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Catherine MacNeal

Greer's Nurse

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Denice Kumagai

Nurse

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Marjorie Lovett

President's Secretary

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Lee Bear

Cutter's Bodyguard

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Glenn E. Coats

Hotel Clerk

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Kevin Cooney

CIA Counsel

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Lis Kern

Horse Trainer

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Thomas Luskey

Homicide Detective

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Christine Moore

Greer’s Widow

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Tom Bower

Clark's Pilot (uncredited)

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