The Presidio

The Presidio

1988 · 97 min · EN · R · 5.8 (294 votes)
Dir. Peter Hyams · Starring Sean Connery, Mark Harmon, Meg Ryan, Jack Warden, Mark Blum, Dana Gladstone · Music Bruce Broughton

He didn't want to share the murder investigation. There's no way he's going to share his daughter.

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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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A tense, by-the-book procedural set against the backdrop of a military base. It’s a classic 80s thriller where old rivalries and new dangers collide, fueled by a simmering personal conflict and a race against time.

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