The Assignment (1997)

6.4/10 119 min Thriller Action Crime

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.

Cast

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

Frédéric Desager

KGB Agent

Al Waxman

Carl Mickens - CIA

Lucie Laurier

Paris Lover

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