The Assignment
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Christian Duguay
Aidan Quinn
Donald Sutherland
Ben Kingsley
Claudia Ferri
Celine Bonnier
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Cuban-American navel officer Annibal Ramirez is a dead ringer for Carlos "The Jackal" Sanchez. His features are so close to those of Sanchez that he is brutally interrogated as a terrorist while on vacation in Israel. American counter-intellegence agent Jack Shaw and his Israeli counterpart Amos realize they can use Ramirez as bait for "The Jackal." Wanting to serve his country, Ramirez is unsure he can survive the physical and psychological trials he must endure to become like Sanchez. By the end of the training, however, Ramirez knows Sanchez better than anyone alive and enters the world as "The Jackal."
Director
Christian Duguay
Cast
Aidan Quinn
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Donald Sutherland
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Ben Kingsley
Claudia Ferri
Celine Bonnier
Vlasta Vrana
Liliana Komorowska
Von Flores
Al Waxman
Mitchell David Rothpan
Gregory Hlady
Gabriel Marian Oseciuc
Frederic Desager
Kliment Denchev
Yonathan Gordon
Ndiouga Sarr
Manuel Aranguiz
Leni Parker
Jacques Lavallée
David Francis
Gouchy Boy
Tim Post
Daniel Pilon
Richard Jutras
Hisham Zayed
Ted Whittall
Francis Del Vecchio
Lisa Wegner
Lucie Laurier
Neil Kroetsch
Matthew Dupuis
Paul Stewart
Claude Genest
Michael Caloz
David Franco
Heinz Becker
Louis Bouchard
Mark Knoeffel
Andres Lange
Martin Morf
Luc Boivin
Crew
Marcello Adatto
Benoit Alarie
Francois Allard
Pierre Allard
Yves Amyot
Alec Anderson
Michael Annett
Ilan Apel
Georges Archambault
Tim Archer
Itzik Ben Aroya
Henri Aubertin
Jean-paul Auclair
Nancy Auclair
Cheryl Bainum
Mihaly Balasko
Sandor Balo
Gyula Balogh
Itzhak Bareli
Krisztina Barkoczky
Franco Battista
Marc H Beaulieu
Louise Bedard
Benoit Begin
Marc Bélanger
Novek Belanger
Richard Belanger
Caroline Beliveau
Jocelyne Bellemare
Zsolt Bene
Christian Bergeron
Sylvain Bergevin
Josee Bernard
Jacques F Bernier
Michel Bernier
Tom Berry
Mickey Binyamini
Brian Black
Andras Bogdan
Jean Boivin
Michel Bolduc
Michel B Bordeleau
Philippe Bosse
Diane Boucher
Virginie Boudreau
Claude Boulet
Mary Bradley
Anderson Chet Bradshaw
Cecile Braemer
Karoly Braunner
Michel Brohez
Michel Brouillette
Joseph Lang Browns
Joseanne Brunelle
Frances Calder
Andrew D Campbell
Jean-francois Campeau
Helene Canse
Alain Caporicci
Johanne Caporicci
Annie Carignan
Claudine Carpentier
Tim J Carroll
Denis Caspar
Yves Castonguay
Jason Cavalier
Michel Cerro
Guylaine Chagnon
Stephane Charron
Jean Chasse
Mike Chute
Jozsef Cirko
Steve Clark
Steven Clark
Alain Clouatre
Alain Clouatre
Guy Cloutier
Gary Coates
Joseph N Cohen
Didier Communaux
Stephane Connolly
Sam Coppola
Normand Corbeil
Ryal Cosgrove
Francis Covan
Peter Cox
Mike Cozons
Donna Croce
Gabor Csakovics
Zsolt Csutak
Denise D'amours
Francois Daignault
Yoav Damti
Louis Dandonneau
Gary Daprato
James Darling
Luc Deguise
Jean-yves Denis
Louise Deschenes
Marc Desourdy
Melina Dicristo
Robert Ditchburn
Kristen Dolenko
Raam Don
Jacques Dorion
Marion Doucet
Pascal Dufaux
Christian Duguay
Gina Duhamel
Paul Dupont
Yanick Dusseault
John Dykstra
Bram Eisenthal
Shimon Elimelech
Rick Ellis
Zsolt Feher
Attila Feherhegyi
Bruno Ferland
Deak Ferrand
Natalie Fleurant
Raoul Fortin
Martin Fournier
James Fox
Charlene Francique
David Franco
Sassi Franco
Monika Frankl
Mario Fraser
Rene Frechette
Michel Frenette
Zoltan Fulop
Yiftach Gabai
Daniel Gagnon
Francine Gagnon
Sylvie Gagnon
Paul-emile Gallant
Gilbert Garcia
Jean-francois Garcia
Patrick Garcia
Benoit Gauthier
Francois Gauthier
Michel Gauvin
Sebastien Gervais
Nimi Getter
Michel Ghorayeb
Michel Ghoyareb
Stephen Gilbert
Natalie Ginat
Suzanne Gingras
Manon Girard
Moshe Gissis
Johnny Goar
Shai Goldenberg
Dan Gordon
Francois Gosselin
Melany Goudreau
Anne Grandbois
Jennifer-lys Grenier
Naama Halperin
Johnny Harkala
Avidan Hatuka
Terry Hawkins
Claude Hazanavicius
Simon Hebert
R J Henning
Gal Hermon
Roger Hewett
Mark Hoffman
Julie Houle
Monika Hufnagel
Daniel Huysman
France Hyman
Silvi Imbeault
Yehuda Sar Israel
Pierric Jouvante
Michael Joy
Daniel Juneau
Uzi Karin
Boaz Katzenelson
Nick Kerridge
Shabtai Kimhi
Yaacov Kimmelfeld
Bobe Kiraly
Attila Kiss
Pini Klavir
Naomi Kol
Michael Konydes
Daria Korolus
Erich Kory
Agota Kovacs
Balazs Kovacs
Gabor Kovacs
Tamas Krausz
Yohannan Kredo
Maurice Krouche
Brigitte Labelle
Helene Lafrance
Eric Lafrance St-pierre
Stephen Laidlaw
Stephen Laidlaw
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall September 26, 1997
Limited Release in United States September 26, 1997
Released in United States on Video March 17, 1998
Based upon a true story.
Completed shooting June 27, 1996.
Began shooting February 11, 1996.
Released in United States Fall September 26, 1997
Limited Release in United States September 26, 1997
Released in United States on Video March 17, 1998