Target of an Assassin (1978)
- Directed by
- Peter Collinson
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country
- South Africa
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rating
- 5.1 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A mercenary is hired to kidnap a hospital patient but the plan goes wrong. A desperate man and a woman flee across South Africa while being hunted by the mercenary and his men.
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What happens
Target of an Assassin is a 1977 South African thriller film directed by Peter Collinson and starring Anthony Quinn and John Phillip Law. It was completed in South Africa in 1976 as Tigers Don't Cry, but was not put into general American release for nearly nine years. Other alternate titles include African Rage, The Long Shot, and Fatal Assassin. Based on the novel Running Scared by Jon Burmeister. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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