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Dave

Dave

6,6 /10 (839 Votes)
1993 EN 110 min

Overview

A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.

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Release date

07/05/1993

Votes

839

Popularity

2.0

In a country where anybody can become President, anybody just did.

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

110 min

Budget

$28,000,000

Revenue

$92,000,000

Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline

Dave Kovic / Bill Mitchell

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver

Ellen Mitchell

Frank Langella

Frank Langella

Bob Alexander

Kevin Dunn

Kevin Dunn

Alan Reed

Ving Rhames

Ving Rhames

Duane Stevenson

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Vice-President Nance

Charles Grodin

Charles Grodin

Murray Blum

Faith Prince

Faith Prince

Alice

Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Randi

Bonnie Hunt

Bonnie Hunt

White House Tour Guide

Parley Baer

Parley Baer

Senate Majority Leader

Stefan Gierasch

Stefan Gierasch

House Majority Leader

Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith

Mrs. Travis

Charles Hallahan

Charles Hallahan

Policeman

No photo

Tom Dugan

Jerry

No photo

Alba Oms

Lola

Steve Witting

Steve Witting

Secret Service #1

No photo

Kellen Sampson

David

Lexie Bigham

Lexie Bigham

White House Guard

No photo

Frederic W. Barnes

Frederic W. Barnes

No photo

Ronald Brownstein

Ronald Brownstein

No photo

Eleanor Clift

Eleanor Clift

Tom Harkin

Tom Harkin

Tom Harkin

No photo

Bernard Kalb

Bernard Kalb

Larry King

Larry King

Larry King

No photo

Michael Kinsley

Michael Kinsley

No photo

Morton Kondracke

Morton Kondracke

Jay Leno

Jay Leno

Jay Leno

No photo

Frank Mankiewicz

Frank Mankiewicz

Chris Matthews

Chris Matthews

Chris Matthews

John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin

No photo

Howard Metzenbaum

Howard Metzenbaum

No photo

Abner J. Mikva

Abner J. Mikva

No photo

Robert D. Novak

Robert D. Novak

No photo

Tip O'Neill

Thomas P. 'Tip' O'Neill

No photo

Richard Reeves

Richard Reeves

Ben Stein

Ben Stein

Ben Stein

Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

No photo

Kathleen Sullivan

Kathleen Sullivan

No photo

Jeff Tackett

Jeff Tackett

No photo

Helen Thomas

Helen Thomas

No photo

Nina Totenberg

Nina Totenberg

Sander Vanocur

Sander Vanocur

Sander Vanocur

John Yang

John Yang

John Yang

Stephen Root

Stephen Root

Don Durenberger

Catherine Reitman

Catherine Reitman

Girl at Durenberger's

No photo

Dawn Arnemann

Mom at Durenberger's

No photo

Marianna Harris

Clara

Sarah Marshall

Sarah Marshall

Diane

Ralph Manza

Ralph Manza

White House Barber

George Martin

George Martin

President's Physician

Laurie Franks

Laurie Franks

White House Nurse

No photo

Tom Kurlander

Trauma Doctor

Dendrie Taylor

Dendrie Taylor

Trauma Nurse

No photo

Joe Kuroda

Japanese Prime Minister

Geneviève Robert

Geneviève Robert

Vice-President's Wife

Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman

Vice-President's Son

No photo

Ruth Goldway

Secretary of Education

Frank Birney

Frank Birney

Director of OMB

Paul Collins

Paul Collins

Secretary of Treasury

Peter White

Peter White

Secretary of Commerce

Robin Gammell

Robin Gammell

Postmaster General

Heather Hewitt

Heather Hewitt

Judy

Gary Ross

Gary Ross

Policeman #2

Jeffrey Joseph

Jeffrey Joseph

Ellen's Aide

Bonnie Bartlett

Bonnie Bartlett

Female Senator

Robert V. Walsh

Robert V. Walsh

Speaker of the House

No photo

William Pitts

Congressional Doorkeeper

Dan Butler

Dan Butler

Reporter

No photo

Wendy Gordon

Announcer

No photo

Ben Patrick Johnson

Announcer

Steve Kmetko

Steve Kmetko

Announcer

Chris Dodd

Chris Dodd

Chris Dodd

Alan K. Simpson

Alan K. Simpson

Alan K. Simpson

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger

No photo

Françoise Ruggieri

White House Secretary (uncredited)

No photo

Paul Simon

Senator Paul Simon

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Rob

Rob

2023-06-04

⭐ 8

A lovely romantic comedy in that true eighties style. A little charmer of a movie starring the ever-watchable Kevin Kline. I'll admit I'm pretty old-fashioned and, even in today's evil world, I cling to the hope there are still good-hearted people out there somewhere. This is one of those movies keeping that hope alive. Let the soft side of you out and enjoy this film.

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-06-19

⭐ 7

Kevin Kline is “Dave”, an unassuming fellow who is recruited by the Secret Service to double for the President of the USA whilst he goes for some extracurricular horizontal jogging. It’s a simple task. Turn up, smile, wave, don’t speak - then get in the car! Well that’s the theory, but when the actual president gets a bit too carried away with his activities, he ends up in a coma and “Dave” with a slightly longer booking in the Oval Office. It turns out that the First Couple aren’t especially close, so ambitiously ruthless Chief of Staff “Bob” (Frank Langella) decides that so long as he can ke…

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