Man on Fire is a 1987 action thriller film directed and co-written by Élie Chouraqui, produced by Arnon Milchan, based on the 1980 novel by A. J. Quinnell. It stars Scott Glenn, Jade Malle, Joe Pesci, Brooke Adams, Danny Aiello, Paul Shenar, and Jonathan Pryce. Glenn plays Christian Creasy, an ex-CIA agent hired as a bodyguard to the daughter of a wealthy Italian family, who is targeted for kidnapping.