ASSASSINATION (1987)

MORGAN'S RATING

A sinister senator wants First Lady Laura Craig dead, and his henchmen are doing their best to make his wish come true. As a result, Craig goes into hiding, accompanied and protected by aging Secret Service agent Jay Killion. Complicating matters is the fact that Craig and Killion hate each other, so they're trading insults as they dodge bullets and escape explosions over land, sea and air. Will the pursued duo survive their deadly adventure?

Charles Bronson (Jay Killion), Jill Ireland (Lara Royce Craig), Stephen Elliott (Fitzroy), Jan Gan Boyd (Charlotte Chong), Randy Brooks (Tyler Loudermilk), Erik Stern (Eddie Bracken), Michael Ansara (Sen. Danson), James Staley (Briggs), Kathryn Leigh Scott (Polly Sims), James Acheson (Osborne Weems), Jim McMullan (The Zipper), Billy Hayes (Pritchard Young), William Price (H.H. Royce), Charles Howerton (President Calvin Craig), Chris Alcaide (Chief Justice), Jack Gill (Kerry), Mischa Hausserman (Danzig), Robert Axelrod (Finney), Lucille Bliss (Crone), Tony Borgia (Bomb Squad Man), James Frank Clark (Locomotive Engineer), Robert Dowdell (Capt. Ogilvy Cappy), Arthur Handel (Barton), John Hawker (Porter), Peter Lupus (TV Announcer), Paul McCallum (Sandy Ott), Jason Scura (Capt. Hammond), Larry Sellers (Indian Joe), Lora Stephens (Reporter), Beverly Thompson (June Merkel), Michael Welden (Agent), Frank Zagarino (Driver).

THE SECRET SERVICE HAS NEVER BEEN THIS LETHAL.

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PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: January 9th, 1987 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $2.7 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $6.0 million (USA)

DIRECTOR: Peter R. Hunt (Death Hunt) WRITER: Richard Sale. PRODUCER: Pancho Kohner. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Yoram Globus and Menahem Golan. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Robert O. Ragland and Valentine McCallum. DISTRIBUTOR: MGM