The Assignment is a 1997 spy action thriller film directed by Christian Duguay and starring Aidan Quinn, with Donald Sutherland and Ben Kingsley. The film, written by Dan Gordon and Sabi H. Shabtai, is set mostly in the late 1980s and deals with a CIA plan to use Quinn's character to masquerade as the Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal.
The Assignment (1997)
Directed by Christian Duguay
Genres - Action-Adventure, Crime, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Political Thriller Film |
Release Date - Sep 26, 1997 |
Run Time - 119 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - R
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Official Site
Box Office
$332,597
Themes
Tags
Embassy, Espionage, Hitman, Kgb, Mistaken Identity, Murder, Naval Officer, Spy, Terrorist, Top Secret, Training
Attributes
Narrative Location: France
Subject: Cold War, terrorism
Time Period: 1980s
Subject: Cold War, terrorism
Time Period: 1980s
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Alternate Titles
A sakál árnyéka
HU
Caça al terrorista
ES
Caça ao Terrorista
BR, PT
Carlos, to tsakali
GR
Caza al terrorista
ES
Contrat sur un terroriste
FR
Der Auftrag
DE
Dödlig fälla
SE
Face of a Killer
DK
Jackal
US
L'incarico
IT
Le mandat
CA
Misja specjalna
PL
Operacija: Šakal
RS
Oppdraget
NO
Tehtävä mahdoton
FI
The Assignment
GB
The Assignment - Der Auftrag
DE
Κάρλος, το τσακάλι
GR
Двойник
RU
Назначението
BG
アサインメント
JP