Murder at 1600

    Murder at 1600
    1997

    Synopsis

    A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret Service, Regis partners with agent Nina Chance. As political tensions rise, they learn that the crime could be part of an elaborate cover-up. Framed as traitors, the pair, plus Regis' partner, break into the White House in order to expose the true culprit.

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    Cast

    • Wesley SnipesDetective Harlan Regis
    • Diane LaneAgent Nina Chance
    • Daniel BenzaliAgent Nick Spikings
    • Dennis MillerDetective Steve Stengel
    • Alan AldaJordan
    • Ronny CoxPresident Jack Neil
    • Tate DonovanKyle Neil
    • Tom WrightCooper
    • Harris YulinGeneral Clark Tully
    • Diane BakerKitty Neil

    Recommendations

    • 67

      Austin Chronicle

      The story, serviceable though it is, still shatters like eggshells under even the lightest scrutiny, and the dialogue is often stale beyond belief.
    • 63

      Chicago Sun-Times

      A lot of Murder at 1600 is well -done. Characters are introduced vividly,; there's a sense of realism in the White House scenes, and some of the dialogue by Wayne Beach and David Hodgin hits a nice ironic note. But then the movie kicks into auto - pilot. The last third of the film is a ready-made action movie plug-in.
    • 60

      Empire

      Though it might charitably be described as "a load of old cods", there is a certain entertainment value to Murder At 1600.
    • 60

      Film Threat

      Director Dwight Little does a solid job to keep things credible and moving, while the script makes an earnest effort to hide the true villain until the climax.
    • 60

      Los Angeles Times

      Starring Wesley Snipes as the suave Regis, Murder at 1600 is the modern equivalent of the routine B-picture, diverting in a small potatoes kind of way, though its budget and stars are big league.
    • 50

      Christian Science Monitor

      Wesley Snipes is terrific as the hero.
    • 50

      ReelViews

      There's hardly a single aspect of this motion picture that seems more than superficially credible, and if the United States government is really run in the Keystone Cops manner depicted in Wayne Beach and David Hodgin's script, then this country is in a great deal more trouble than anyone suspects.
    • 50

      San Francisco Chronicle

      Murder at 1600 has velocity and excitement, and that takes it a long way. It stars Wesley Snipes, which takes it a bit farther. And it's also lightweight, cliched and borderline ridiculous, which takes it back a few pegs.