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Film / 1997
The Assignment
Directed by
Christian Duguay
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Aidan QuinnAnnibal Ramirez / Carlos
Donald SutherlandJack Shaw / Henry Fields
Ben KingsleyAmos
Claudia FerriMaura Ramirez
Céline BonnierCarla
Vlasta VranaKGB Head Officer
Liliana KomorowskaAgnieska
Von FloresKoj
Gregory HladyKGB Aide
Gabriel Marian OseciucKGB Agent
Mitchell David RothpanJoey Ramirez
Frédéric DesagerKGB Agent
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