| The Assignment | |
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| Directed by | Christian Duguay |
| Written by | Dan Gordon Sabi H. Shabtai |
| Produced by | Franco Battista Tom Berry |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Christian Duguay David Franco |
| Edited by | Yves Langlois |
| Music by | Normand Corbeil |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Box office | $332,597 (domestic)[1] |
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.