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The Assignment

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1997-09-28

Runtime: 119 mins

Director: Christian Duguay

Spoken language: English

Genres: Thriller, Action, Crime

Original title: The Assignment

Production Companies: Triumph Films, Program de Credits of Impuc, Super Écran, Satch-Mo, Gouvernement du Québec, Allegro Films, The Movie Network

Production Countries: Canada

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