---
title: 'The Assignment (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Christian Duguay'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
countries:
  - 'United States'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-assignment-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118647/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Assignment (1997)

1997 · 115 min · United States, Canada


## Synopsis

The Assignment is a 1997 spy action thriller film directed by Christian Duguay and starring Aidan Quinn, 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Christian Duguay](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-duguay)
- **Director of Photography:** [Christian Duguay](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-duguay)
- **Screenplay:** [Dan Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-gordon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Normand Corbeil](https://cinepixo.com/people/normand-corbeil), [Edward Pola](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-pola), [George Wyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-wyle)
- **Producer:** [Stefan Wodoslawsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-wodoslawsky), [Tom Berry](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-berry)
- **Editor:** [Yves Langlois](https://cinepixo.com/people/yves-langlois)

## Cast

- [Aidan Quinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/aidan-quinn)
- [Donald Sutherland](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-sutherland)
- [Céline Bonnier](https://cinepixo.com/people/celine-bonnier)
- [Liliana Komorowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/liliana-komorowska)
- [Ben Kingsley](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-kingsley)
- [Daniel Pilon](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-pilon)
- [Lucie Laurier](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucie-laurier)
- [Claudia Ferri](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudia-ferri)
- [Leni Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/leni-parker)

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