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Director Christian Duguay
Screenplay Dan Gordon, Sabi H. Shabtai

The Assignment

Release Date: 1997-09-28

Duration: 119 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Ben Kingsley
    Amos
  • Donald Sutherland
    Jack Shaw / Henry Fields
  • Aidan Quinn
    Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
  • Claudia Ferri
    Maura Ramirez
  • Al Waxman
    Carl Mickens - CIA
  • Céline Bonnier
    Carla
  • Liliana Głąbczyńska
    Agnieska
  • Hryhoriy Hlady
    KGB Aide
  • Von Flores
    Koj
  • Vlasta Vrana
    KGB Head Officer