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The Assignment

The Assignment

1997 1h 59m 6.3 Movie

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.

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The Assignment is a 1997 thriller and action film directed by Christian Duguay, starring Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland and Ben Kingsley. It runs for 1 hour 59 minutes. TMDB users rate it 6.3 out of 10 from 171 votes.

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