Through a series of nutty coincidences, her harebrained scheme intersects with that of
paranoid federal marshal Harry Pfarrer (George Clooney), a gold - chain - wearing, jogging - compulsive lothario who is having an affair both with Malkovich's wife, Katie (Tilda Swinton), and with Linda herself — neither of whom knows he is married to an author of children's books (Elizabeth Marvel).