Jay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before when he left the military police over a disagreement over the handling of a drunk driver. Now a series of murders that cross jurisdictions force them to work together again. That Austin is now dating Caldwell’s daughter is not helping their relationship.
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Film Cast:
- Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell: Sean Connery
- Jay Austin: Mark Harmon
- Donna Caldwell: Meg Ryan
- Sgt. Maj. Ross Maclure: Jack Warden
- Arthur Peale: Mark Blum
- Col. Paul Lawrence: Dana Gladstone
- Patti Jean Lynch: Jenette Goldstein
- MP Zeke: Marvin J. McIntyre
- Howard Buckely: Don Calfa
- Det. Marvin Powell: John DiSanti
- Sgt. Mueller: Robert Lesser
- George Spota: James Hooks Reynolds
- Sgt. Garfield: Curtis W. Sims
- Bully in Bar: Rick Zumwalt
- Lawrence’s Secretary: Rosalyn Marshall
- Pilot at Travis AFB: Jessie Lawrence Ferguson
- MP Dutton: Larry Jenkins
- MP Bygrave: Jesse D. Goins
- MP Mitchell: Kim Robillard
- MP Stillwell: Michael Strasser
- Julius: Chuckie Davis
- Maintenance Man: Ron Cummins
- Mark: Patrick Kilpatrick
- Post Commander: John Allen Vick
- Capt. Gordon: Michael Fosberg
- Bully’s Bar Pal (“Arrowhead”): Joe Hart
- Bully’s Bar Pal (“Arrowhead”): Clay Wilcox
- Bully’s Bar Pal (“Arrowhead”): Bob Rochelle
- Gloria: Susan Saiger
- Teacher: Ruth de Sosa
- Peale’s Receptionist: Tracy Tanen
- Patrolman Schmidt: Peter Fitzsimmons
- Patrolman Dotson: Pete Antico
- Leroy: Dean R. Miller
- Workman: Jophery C. Brown
- Workman: Justin De Rosa
- Workman: Allan Graf
- Workman: Frank Orsatti
- Squad Room Officer: Peter Kwong
- Squad Room Lieutenant: Bob Delegall
- Chinese Kitchen Chef: Richard Kwong
- Captain (uncredited): Conrad Hurtt
- Man In Bar (uncredited): Ronnie Rondell Jr.
- Pedestrian (uncredited): Theodore Carl Soderberg
Film Crew:
- Director of Photography: Peter Hyams
- Producer: D. Constantine Conte
- Screenplay: Larry Ferguson
- Original Music Composer: Bruce Broughton
- Editor: Diane Adler
- Stunts: Janet Brady
- Stunts: Kenny Endoso
- Stunts: Dick Ziker
- Editor: Beau Barthel
- Editor: James Mitchell
- Production Design: Albert Brenner
- Art Direction: Kandy Stern
- Set Decoration: Marvin March
- Makeup Artist: Stephen Abrums
- Makeup Artist: Brad Wilder
- Supervising Sound Editor: Randle Akerson
- Casting: Janet Hirshenson
- Casting: Jane Jenkins
- Unit Production Manager: Fred C. Caruso
- Executive Producer: Jonathan A. Zimbert
- First Assistant Director: Alan B. Curtiss
- Second Assistant Director: Regina Gordon
- Set Designer: Roland E. Hill Jr.
- Set Designer: Harold Fuhrman
- Set Designer: Bernard P. Cutler
- Assistant Editor: Gillian L. Hutshing
- Assistant Editor: Beverly Pinnas
- Music Editor: Curt Sobel
- Production Sound Mixer: Gene S. Cantamessa
- Boom Operator: Steve Cantamessa
- Cableman: Mark Jennings
- Camera Operator: Ralph Gerling
- First Assistant Camera: Steve Peterson
- First Assistant Camera: Baird Steptoe
- Second Assistant Camera: Michael P. May
- Dolly Grip: John Hennessey
- Chief Lighting Technician: Tim Griffith
- Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: E. Christopher Reed
- Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Walter Nichols
- Sound Editor: Beth Sterner
- Sound Editor: Hamilton Sterling
- Sound Editor: Asher Yates
- Sound Editor: David B. Cohn
- Foley Supervisor: Mark Pappas
- ADR Supervisor: Thomas Whiting
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Michael J. Kohut
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Aaron Rochin
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Carlos Delarios
- Scoring Mixer: Armin Steiner
- Orchestrator: Mark McKenzie
- Special Effects Coordinator: Phil Cory
- Special Effects: Al Broussard
- Script Supervisor: Julie Pitkanen
- Stunt Coordinator: Glenn R. Wilder
- Hairstylist: Sugar Blymyer
- Wardrobe Supervisor: Michael W. Hoffman
- Wardrobe Supervisor: Aggie Lyon
- Set Costumer: Dallas D. Dornan
- Property Master: C.J. Maguire
- Assistant Property Master: Frank L. Brown
- Still Photographer: Ralph Nelson Jr.
- Production Office Coordinator: Yvonne Yaconelli
- Second Second Assistant Director: Brian Fong
- Location Manager: Mario Iscovich
- Unit Publicist: Anne Marie Stein
- Construction Coordinator: Richard Dean Rankin
- Transportation Coordinator: Leroy Reed
- Color Timer: Bob Noland
- Dolby Consultant: David W. Gray
- Extras Casting: Nancy Hayes
- Stunts: Jophery C. Brown
- Stunts: Ronnie Rondell Jr.
- Stunts: David R. Ellis
- Stunts: Chuck Picerni Jr.
- Supervising Sound Editor: Norval D. Crutcher III
- Stunts: Tim A. Davison
- Stunts: Buddy Joe Hooker
- Stunts: Steve Picerni
- Stunts: Danny Rogers
Movie Reviews:
- CinemaSerf: Mark Harmon is “Jay”, a former military policeman turned cop who is called upon to investigate a series of murders that reintroduce him to his former CO “Col. Caldwell” (Sean Connery) with whom he doesn’t especially get along. It doesn’t help when he starts to date the colonel’s independently minded daughter “Donna” (Meg Ryan) but can they put their differences aside long enough to find out what’s going on and stop any more killings? Well, of course they can – this film has precisely no jeopardy at all. Though the motive for the crimes remains a mystery for a while, the rest of this follows a well travelled line that is disappointingly predictable. Harmon is never a particularly strong or convincing actor, Connery – and his traditional, wry, smile – clearly just wanted his fee and not for the first time Meg Ryan adds very little as this plods along. It’s watchable on the television over a glass or two, but it’s all very unremarkable.
- GenerationofSwine: Occasionally my mother would really get into a movie, choose a quote as a favorite, and then repeat it constantly in a cartoonish exaggeration of whoever said it in the film.
- The Persidio is one of those films she latched onto, and for years after we were subjected to her Sean Connery impression as she threatened to beat us up using only her thumb.
- So now every time I see it, heck, every time I’m in Frisco, that is the quote that gets stuck in my head for days after. But, in her defense, it was a very good scene and actually does deserve to be remembered and quoted more.
- It’s my go to Sean Connery impression… when I’m not impersonating Johnny Lee Miller impersonating Sean Connery. Or the Untouchables, but I kind of feel that one is over used. Everyone goes there when they do Connery. Or, you know, I could just live in Chicago. Maybe the rest of the country and the world just does James Bond.
- The point is, you have a quotable Sean Connery scene. And that alone is worth it.
- And you have the San Francisco chase scene, and I really hate Frisco, but I do really love movies that are set there and any chase through San Francisco streets is fun if for no other reason than it makes you instantly think of Bullet.
- The multi-jurisdictional cliche thing is here, and tragically underused in a lot of movies. But you get a good dynamic of military and civilian cop bumping heads with one another. It’s a situation that is made worse by bad blood and a bit of history, and then made even worse by a blooming romantic interest.
- And it’s the 80s, so you know that the romantic interest is going to be Meg Ryan, no spoiler there.
- And all of that with an actual compelling case that the two cops have to solve.
- It’s kind of all over the place, but in the best possible 80s cliche kind of way.
- kevin2019: “The Presidio” is an interesting diversion that has an immediately intriguing and literally explosive opening gambit which is eye catching and it easily grabs your full attention, but then the pace quickly eases up out of pure necessity and the murder of Patti Jean Lynch loses all sense of urgency and it is eventually relegated to becoming a secondary consideration as the main focus of the film now concentrates upon the complex and argumentative character dynamics of Lieutenant Colonel Caldwell, his daughter Donna, and Inspector Jay Austin although all of this is nicely juxtaposed with the ongoing murder investigation. However, this film is much too pedestrian for the talented cast involved, but at least the action sequences are superb and the pace is extremely well maintained throughout.