Murder at 1600 (1997)

	Directed by: Dwight Little	COUNTRY USA GENRE Action/Thriller NORWEGIAN TITLE Murder at 1600 RUNNING TIME 107 minutes
	Produced by: Arnold Kopelson Arnon Milchan
	Written by: Wayne Beach David Hodgin

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Detective Harlan Regis	Wesley Snipes	½
Secret Service Agent Nina Chance	Diane Lane	½
Secret Service Agent Nick Spikings	Daniel Benzali	½
Detective Stengel	Dennis Miller	½
National Security Advisor Alvin Jordan	Alan Alda	½
President Jack Neil	Ronny Cox	½
First Lady Kitty Neil	Diane Baker	-
First Son Kyle Neil	Tate Donovan	½
General Clark Tully	Harris Yulin	-
Secret Service Agent Cooper	Tom Wright	-
Paul Moran	Nicholas Pryor	-
Jeffrey Arthur Brose	Charles Rocket	-

Review

With a better director than Dwight Little, this politically driven police procedural could have had a reasonable place in the pantheon of Hollywood genre movies. The story isn't half-bad, and the cast is solid, with engaging turns by Wesley Snipes and Diane Lane in the leads, and nifty supporting work from Alan Alda and Ronny Cox. Little's impediment isn't how he directs his actors, but rather the overcooked 1990s style and the constantly subpar production values the film is soaked in.