In the Line of Fire

"What did happen to you that day? Only one agent reacted to the gunfire, and you were closer to Kennedy than he was. You must have looked up at the window of the Texas Book Depository, but you didn't react. Late at night, when the demons come, do you see the rifle coming out of that window, or do you see Kennedy's head being blown apart? If you'd reacted to that first shot, could you have gotten there in time to stop the big bullet? And if you had - that could've been your head being blown apart. Do you wish you'd succeeded, Frank? Or is life too precious?"

"[last words, left on Frank's answering machine] Hello, Frank. By the time you hear this, it'll be over. The President is most likely dead, and so am I. I wonder, Frank, did you kill me? Who won our game? Not that it really matters, for among friends like you and me, it's not whether you win or lose but how you play the game, and now the game is done and it's time to get on with your life. But I worry, that you have no life to get on with, Frank. You're a good man, and good men like you and me are destined to travel a lonely road. Goodbye, and good luck."

"[at the Lincoln Memorial] Well, Abe? ...Damn. Wish I could have been there for you, pal."

"For years, I've been listening to all these idiots on barstools with all their pet theories on Dallas. How it was the Cubans, or the C.I.A., or the white supremacists, or the Mob. Whether there was one weapon, or whether there was five. None of that's meant too much to me. But Leary, he questioned whether I had the guts to take that fatal bullet. God, that was a beautiful day. The sun was out, been raining all morning, the air was... First shot, sounded like a firecracker. I looked over, I saw him, I could tell he was hit. I don't know why I didn't react. I should have reacted. I should have been running flat out. I just couldn't believe it. If only I'd reacted, I could have taken that shot. And that would have been alright with me."

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"Rene Russo - Lilly Raines"

"Dylan McDermott - Al D'Andrea"

"Gary Cole - Bill Watts"

"Fred Dalton Thompson - White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent"

"John Mahoney - Sam Campagna"

"Gregory Alan Williams - Matt Wilder"

"Clyde Kusatsu - FBI agent Jack Okura"

"Steve Hytner - FBI agent Tony Carducci"

"Patrika Darbo - Pam Magnus"

"John Heard - Prof. Riger"

"Joshua Malina - Secret Service Agent Chavez"

"Steve Railsback - CIA Agent David Coppinger"