The Guardian

Plot

A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's 'A' School, where legendary rescue swimmer, Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.

  • Andrew Davis

    Director

  • Ron L. Brinkerhoff

    Screenplay

  • Stephen St. John

    Director of Photography

  • Thomas J. Nordberg

    Editor

  • Dennis Virkler

    Editor

  • Kevin Costner

    Ben Randall

  • Ashton Kutcher

    Jake Fischer

  • Sela Ward

    Helen Randall

  • Melissa Sagemiller

    Emily Thomas

  • Dulé Hill

    Ken Weatherly

  • Bryce Cass

    Manny

  • Omari Hardwick

    Carl Billings

  • Clancy Brown

    Capt. William Hadley

  • Neal McDonough

    Jack Skinner

  • Benny Ciaramello

    Benny Partida

  • Shelby Fenner

    Cate Lindsey

  • Peter Gail

    Danny Doran

  • Damon Lipari

    Damon Bennett

  • Scott Mueller

    Scott Reeves

  • Travis Willingham

    Travis Finely

  • Eric Norris

    Navy Guy

  • John Heard

    Capt. Frank Larson

  • Richard T. Henry

    Camael

  • Alex Daniels

    Wild Bill

  • Daniel J. Molthen

    Co-Pilot Wakefield

  • Andrew Schanno

    Pilot Mitchell

  • Adam Pena

    Benjamin Reyes

  • Joe Arquette

    Co-Pilot Antunez

  • Gary Billburg

    Julian Zankich

  • Joshua Mitcheltree

    Mitcheltree

  • Rusty Tennant

    Mover #1

  • James Barnes

    Doctor #1

  • Stephanie Barnes

    Doctor #2

  • Andrea Martynowski

    Ops Commander

  • Ron Fien

    Wickham

  • Nevada Smith

    Co-Pilot Krauss

  • Jay Bingham

    Ops Tech

  • Keith Sweitzer

    Whaley

  • Shane Walker

    Swimmer Nelson

  • Joseph Blythe

    Butch Flythe

  • Robert E. Watson

    Robert Watson

  • John F. Hall

    John Hall

  • Johnell Gainey

    Johnell Lewis

  • Jeff Loftus

    Executive Officer

  • Brian Geraghty

    Billy Hodge

  • Runtime

    139 minutes

    Released

    2006-09-28

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Touchstone Pictures

    Beacon Pictures

    Contrafilm

    Firm Films

    Eyetronics

    A School Productions

    Sound

  • Trevor Rabin

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    207 days ago

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