---
title: 'Target of an Assassin (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Collinson'
released: '1978-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'South Africa'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/target-of-an-assassin-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075307/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Target of an Assassin (1978)

1978 · 105 min · Thriller · South Africa


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Collinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-collinson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hennie Bekker](https://cinepixo.com/people/hennie-bekker)
- **Director of Photography:** [Brian Probyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-probyn)
- **Editor:** [Harry Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-hughes)

## Cast

- [John Phillip Law](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-phillip-law)
- [Anthony Quinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-quinn)
- [Sandra Prinsloo](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandra-prinsloo)
- [Marius Weyers](https://cinepixo.com/people/marius-weyers)

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