''Line of Fire'' is an American
crime drama
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television series that was broadcast on
ABC for 11 episodes from December 2, 2003 to May 30, 2004 during the winter of 2003-2004. It starred
Leslie Bibb and
Jeffrey D. Sams.
The show was canceled after just 11 episodes in June 2004, though 13 episodes in all were produced.
Plot
Two rookie
FBI
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agents (
Leslie Bibb and
Jeffrey D. Sams) are assigned to the bureau's
Richmond, Virginia
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field office, where their story parallels that of a local mob boss, Jonah Malloy (
David Paymer). When a fellow agent is murdered in a shootout with the gangsters, the head of the FBI branch (
Leslie Hope) declares an all-out war on the criminal underworld. The following episodes weaved intricately between Bibb and Sams' federal agency and Paymer's gang, though the two storylines rarely met head-on, except when occasionally focusing on an undercover agent (
Anson Mount).
Mob boss Jonah Malloy's signature line was "That's that with that."
Cast
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Leslie Bibb as Paige Van Doren
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Anson Mount as Roy Ravelle
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Leslie Hope as Lisa Cohen
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Jeffrey D. Sams as Todd Stevens
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Julie Ann Emery as Jennifer Sampson
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Brian Goodman as Donovan Stubbin
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Michael Irby as Amiel Macarthur
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David Paymer as Jonah Malloy
Episodes
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2000s American crime drama television series
2003 American television series debuts
2004 American television series endings
Television series by DreamWorks Television
Television series by ABC Studios
Television shows set in Virginia
American Broadcasting Company crime dramas