Man on Fire (1987 film)

Man on Fire (Italian: Un uomo sotto tiro) is a 1987 French-Italian action thriller film directed by Élie Chouraqui and starring Scott Glenn and Jade Malle. It is based on the eponymous novel by A. J. Quinnell. Another film based on the same novel, directed by Tony Scott, was released in 2004. The actors include Joe Pesci, Jonathan Pryce and a brief appearance by Danny Aiello as the Mafia Don.
Plot synopsis
The opening portrays a man being declared dead in an Italian hospital by a police chief. The man is an ex–CIA agent, John Creasy.
In Italy, wealthy families often hire bodyguards to protect family members from the threat of kidnapping. A wealthy family that needs a bodyguard hires Creasy, a burned-out ex-CIA agent, to protect their daughter, Samantha "Sam" Balletto. Creasy has been broken down from all of the death and horror of combat he witnessed in the Vietnam War and in Beirut, Lebanon. Although Creasy is not interested...