The Assignment (1997)
- Directed by
- Christian Duguay
- Genre
- political thriller film
- Country
- United States, Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 161 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The CIA recruits a naval officer to impersonate the terrorist Carlos the Jackal. The operation unfolds through the late 1980s as he adopts a new identity and a dangerous mission.
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What happens
The Assignment is a 1997 spy action thriller film directed by Christian Duguay and starring Aidan Quinn (in two roles), 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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