

The Presidio
He didn't want to share the murder investigation. There's no way he's going to share his daughter.
Jay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before when he left the military police over a disagreement over the handling of a drunk driver. Now a series of murders that cross jurisdictions force them to work together again. That Austin is now dating Caldwell's daughter is not helping their relationship.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
- $20.3M
- Language
- English
- court case
- san francisco, california
- competition
- investigation
- adversary
- military service
- base
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR10 Jun 1988
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1213 Oct 1988
FranceFR
- Theatrical (limited)Paris14 Sept 1988
- Physical11 Jan 2001
- TVTPParis Première10 Sept 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1613 Oct 1988
GreeceGR
- Theatrical163 Nov 1988
HungaryHU
- Theatrical163 May 1990
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1527 Jan 1989
JapanJP
- TheatricalG6 Aug 1988
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical622 Sept 1988
- Physical6DVD8 Nov 2001
- TV6Yorin28 Jun 2002
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/1228 Oct 1988
ThailandTH
- Theatrical15 Oct 1988
Frequently asked questions
The Presidio was released on 10 June 1988.
Audience reviews
3- C5/10
CinemaSerf
7/4/2022
Mark Harmon is "Jay", a former military policeman turned cop who is called upon to investigate a series of murders that reintroduce him to his former CO "Col. Caldwell" (Sean Connery) with whom he doesn't especially get along. It doesn't help when he starts to date the colonel's independently minded daughter "Donna" (Meg Ryan) but can they put their differences aside long enough to find out what's going on and stop a…
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/12/2023
Occasionally my mother would really get into a movie, choose a quote as a favorite, and then repeat it constantly in a cartoonish exaggeration of whoever said it in the film. The Persidio is one of those films she latched onto, and for years after we were subjected to her Sean Connery impression as she threatened to beat us up using only her thumb. So now every time I see it, heck, every time I'm in Frisco, tha…
- K5/10
kevin2019
9/13/2024
"The Presidio" is an interesting diversion that has an immediately intriguing and literally explosive opening gambit which is eye catching and it easily grabs your full attention, but then the pace quickly eases up out of pure necessity and the murder of Patti Jean Lynch loses all sense of urgency and it is eventually relegated to becoming a secondary consideration as the main focus of the film now concentrates upon …
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