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The Assignment

6.3/10
TMDB171 votes
Original: 119 min

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.

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About The Assignment

The Assignment (1997) is a film in the thriller, action, crime genres. Directed by . The cast includes Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley, Claudia Ferri.

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Original language
Runtime
119 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Canada
Production companies
Triumph Films, Program de Credits of Impuc, Super Écran, Satch-Mo, Gouvernement du Québec, Allegro Films, The Movie Network
Writers
Sabi H. Shabtai, Dan Gordon

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What is The Assignment about?

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.

Who stars in The Assignment?

Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley, Claudia Ferri, Céline Bonnier, Vlasta Vrana. See the cast cards above for character names.

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