Film

The Assignment

1997 · 1h 59m · Thriller · Action · Crime

IMDb

6.8

Rotten Tomatoes

62%

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.

Aidan Quinn

Annibal Ramirez / Carlos

Donald Sutherland

Jack Shaw / Henry Fields

Ben Kingsley

Amos

Claudia Ferri

Maura Ramirez

Céline Bonnier

Carla

Vlasta Vrana

KGB Head Officer

Liliana Komorowska

Agnieska

Von Flores

Koj

Gregory Hlady

KGB Aide

Gabriel Marian Oseciuc

KGB Agent

Mitchell David Rothpan

Joey Ramirez

Frédéric Desager

KGB Agent

Kliment Denchev

KGB Technician

Yonathan Gordon

Yoni

Al Waxman

Carl Mickens - CIA

Lucie Laurier

Paris Lover

• Christian DuguayDirector · Director of Photography
• Sabi H. ShabtaiScreenplay
• Dan GordonScreenplay
• Franco BattistaProducer
• David SaundersExecutive Producer
• David FrancoDirector of Photography
• Normand CorbeilOriginal Music Composer
• Yves LangloisEditor
• Karen MargiottaCasting
• Mary MargiottaCasting

"The Assignment" Trailer

Release date

September 28, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

R

Genres

Thriller, Action, Crime

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