Movie
The Assignment
Overview
Jack Shaw has experienced the terror first-hand. He's a top CIA agent who's tracked international killer-for-hire Carlos "The Jackal" Sanchez for over twenty years and barely survived Carlos' devastating bombing of a Parisian cafe. Now, he finally gets a break when he discovers Carlos' dead ringer: American naval officer and dedicated family man Annibal Ramirez.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-09-28
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Action, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Triumph Films, Program de Credits of Impuc, Super Écran, Satch-Mo, Gouvernement du Québec, Allegro Films, The Movie Network
- Country
- Canada
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Aidan Quinn as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
- Donald Sutherland as Jack Shaw / Henry Fields
- Ben Kingsley as Amos
- Claudia Ferri as Maura Ramirez
- Céline Bonnier as Carla
- Vlasta Vrana as KGB Head Officer
- Liliana Komorowska as Agnieska
- Von Flores as Koj
- Gregory Hlady as KGB Aide
- Gabriel Marian Oseciuc as KGB Agent
- Mitchell David Rothpan as Joey Ramirez
- Frédéric Desager as KGB Agent
Crew
- Christian Duguay - Director
- Dan Gordon - Screenplay
- Sabi H. Shabtai - Screenplay
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