The President's Man

*The President's Man*
The President's Man
	Official DVD cover
Written by	Bob Gookin
Directed by	Michael Preece
Starring	Chuck Norris ; Dylan Neal ; Jennifer Tung ; Soon-Tek Oh ; Jonathan Nichols
Music by	Christopher L. Stone
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Chuck Norris ; Aaron Norris
Producer	Garry A. Brown
Cinematography	Rick Anderson ; Karl Kases
Editor	David Latham
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Norris Brothers Entertainment
Budget	$2 million
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	April 2, 2000
Related
	The President's Man: A Line in the Sand

Last updated March 20, 2025

The President's Man is a 2000 American made-for-television action film starring Chuck Norris, Dylan Neal, Ralph Waite and Stuart Whitman in his last role before his death in March 2020. A sequel, The President's Man: A Line in the Sand was made in 2002. It was first shown on CBS on April 2, 2000.

Plot

Joshua McCord (Norris) is thinking about retiring from his grueling job as The President's Man, a secret agent not affiliated with any intelligence agency who is assigned to carry out missions by the President of the United States (Waite), and answers to the President alone. Before he can retire, he must save the First Lady (Adams), who has been kidnapped by a mysterious band of terrorists.

While McCord struggles with the end of his career, his daughter/aide (Tung), seeks out candidates to become his replacement. Through her search she finds Deke Slater (Neal) a former Army sergeant with a temper serving a 30 year sentence in federal prison.^[1]

Cast

Chuck Norris as Agent Joshua McCord
Dylan Neal as Sgt. Deke Slater
Jennifer Tung as Que McCord
Ralph Waite as President Matthews
Marla Adams as First Lady Matthews
Stuart Whitman as George Williams
Soon-Tek Oh as General Vinh Tran
Jonathan Nichols as Don Diego Santiago
Brigitta Dau as Lee McCord
Ariel Chipman as Terry Anderson
Greg Ricks as Dr. Francis Anderson
Ken Farmer as The Judge
Mark Dalton as Delta Force Soldier

Production

Filming

The filming of The President's Man took place from the November 30, 1999 to March 21, 2000, entirely in Dallas and Camp Hoblitzelle Midlothian, Texas, and South Padre Island, Texas with a budget of 2,000,000 U.S. dollars.

Release

Television and home media

On April 2, 2000, the television-film had its American premiere on CBS.^[2] Months after it was released on DVD in other countries including France, England and Argentina. In Italy it was released in the first TV in 2001.

Sequel

A sequel, titled The President's Man: A Line in the Sand, first aired on CBS in 2002.^[3]

External links

The President's Man at IMDb

References

↑ Preece, Michael; Norris, Eric; Donner, Richard; Meyer, Gerald (2013). 5 Film Chuck Norris Collection (DVD). Echo Bridge Acquisition Corp LLC. Event occurs at The President's Man. 09600922143.
↑ "Sunday Night". Herald and Review. April 1, 2000. p. Tv-7.
↑ Hal Erickson (2015). "The President's Man 2: A Line In the Sand (2002)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on December 17, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.

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[1] Preece, Michael; Norris, Eric; Donner, Richard; Meyer, Gerald (2013). 5 Film Chuck Norris Collection (DVD). Echo Bridge Acquisition Corp LLC. Event occurs at The President's Man. 09600922143.

[2] "Sunday Night". Herald and Review. April 1, 2000. p. Tv-7.

[3] Hal Erickson (2015). "The President's Man 2: A Line In the Sand (2002)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on December 17, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.

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