The Assignment

Sep 28, 1997

1h 59m

★ 6.4

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.

Genres

Thriller

Action

Crime

Production Companies

Triumph Films

Program de Credits of Impuc

Super Écran

Satch-Mo

Gouvernement du Québec

Allegro Films

The Movie Network

The Assignment Trailers

Cast

Annibal Ramirez / Carlos

Aidan Quinn

Jack Shaw / Henry Fields

Donald Sutherland

Amos

Ben Kingsley

Maura Ramirez

Claudia Ferri

Carla

Céline Bonnier

KGB Head Officer

Vlasta Vrana

Agnieska

Liliana Głąbczyńska

Koj

Von Flores

KGB Aide

Gregory Hlady

KGB Agent

Gabriel Marian Oseciuc

Joey Ramirez

Mitchell David Rothpan

KGB Agent

Frédéric Desager

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