Quick Facts
DirectorChristian Duguay
Runtime1h 59m · R
GenresAction · Crime · Thriller
Release1997-09-28
Film
The Assignment
1997· R· 1h 59m· Action· Crime· Thriller
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.
1997-09-28
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Key Crew
DirectorChristian Duguay
ScreenplayDan Gordon
ProducerFranco Battista
Director of PhotographyChristian Duguay
Original Music ComposerNormand Corbeil
EditorYves Langlois
Full cast & crew (16 cast · 50 crew)
Details
Released1997-09-28
Runtime1h 59m · R
StatusReleased
StudiosTriumph Films · Program de Credits of Impuc · Super Écran
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesCanada
Rating6.4/10 · 158 votes
Original languageen
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