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Director:
Peter R. Hunt
Writer:
Richard Sale (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
9 January 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
They were reluctant running mates . . . in a race for their lives! more
Plot:
Jay Killon is the bodyguard of the recently elected US president, but he is assigned to the first lady (Lara Royce)... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Unmemorable latter-day Bronson vehicle. more (21 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

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. Hector Bunsen

James Staley ... Briggs
Kathryn Leigh Scott ... Polly Sims
James Acheson ... Osborne Weems

Jim McMullan ... The Zipper
Billy Hayes ... Pritchard Young (as William Hayes)
William Prince ... H.H. Royce

Charles Howerton ... President Calvin Craig
Chris Alcaide ... Chief Justice

Jack Gill ... Kerry Fane
Mischa Hausserman ... Danzig

Robert Axelrod ... Finney

Peter Lupus ... TV Announcer
Lora Stephens ... TV reporter
Beverly Thompson ... June Merkel

Natalie Alexander ... Featured
Linda Harwood ... Sally Moore
Mihoko Tokoro ... Reporter
Susan Thompson ... Journalist (as Susan J. Thompson)
Arthur Handel ... Barton
John Salvi ... Platt
Frank Zagarino ... Secret Service Driver
Tony Borgia ... Bomb Squad Man
Paul McCallum ... Sandy Ott
Robert Dowdell ... Capt. Ogilvy (Cappy)
Vivian Tyus ... Maid
Jason Scura ... Captain Hammond
David L. Bilson ... Wally Maine
Larry Sellers ... Indian Joe
Elizabeth Lauren ... Moonbeam
Lucille Bliss ... Crone
John Hawker ... Porter
J. Michael Patterson ... Conductor
James Frank Clark ... Locomotive Engineer
Ed Levitt ... FBI Agent
Michael Welden ... FBI Agent
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gary Pinkston ... Barstow Team Member (uncredited)
Kyle J. Wood ... Cameraman at White House (uncredited)
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Directed by
Peter R. Hunt  (as Peter Hunt)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Richard Sale  writer

Produced by
Yoram Globus .... executive producer
Menahem Golan .... executive producer
Pancho Kohner .... producer
 
Original Music by
Valentine McCallum 
Robert O. Ragland 
 
Cinematography by
Hanania Baer 
 
Film Editing by
James T. Heckert 
Charles Simmons (uncredited)
 
Production Design by
William Cruse 
 
Production Management
George Van Noy .... unit production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jack Gill .... second unit director
Craig Huston .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Hala Gabriel .... set dresser
 
Sound Department
Thomas Brandau .... sound mixer
Ken Dufva .... foley artist
Mike Le Mare .... supervising sound editor
Dean Okrand .... sound re-recording mixer
Karola Storr .... foley supervisor
Jerome R. Vitucci .... boom operator
 
Stunts
John Alden .... stunts (as John F. Alden)
Rick Avery .... stunts
Christine Anne Baur .... stunts (as Christine Baur)
Simone Boisseree .... stunts
Debbie Evans .... stunts
Donna Evans .... stunts
Andy Gill .... stunts
Jack Gill .... stunt coordinator
Ed Hamilton .... stunts
Al Jones .... stunts
John F. McCarthy .... stunts
Matt McColm .... stunts
Spike Silver .... stunts
Charlie Skeen .... stunts
Steve W. Stricklin .... stunts (as Steve Stricklin)
Mike Tillman .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Randy Shanofsky .... assistant camera
 
Editorial Department
Omneya 'Nini' Mazen .... post-production coordinator
Andrew Silver .... first assistant editor
 
Music Department
Paula Erickson .... music supervisor
Bill Jenkins .... music scoring mixer
Ken Johnson .... music editor
Steve Livingston .... music editor
 
Other crew
Mischa Hausserman .... aerial coordinator
John F. McCarthy .... stand-in
Deborah Moore .... production accountant
Patricia G. Payró .... assistant to producer
Larry Pearson .... location manager
Susan Thompson .... stand-in (as Susan J. Thompson)
Mihoko Tokoro .... stand-in
C. Ransom Walrod .... marine coordinator
Bob Wishnefsky .... production assistant
Clay Wright .... helicopter pilot (as Clayton D. Wright)
 

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Additional Details

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Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (TVC)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
UK:12 (re-rating) (2005) | UK:15 (1987-2005) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:16 (video rating) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1988) (VHS) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2005) (DVD) (self applied) | Singapore:NC-16 | West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:K-13 (re-rating) (2007) | Norway:15 | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:12
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
Cannon Group more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was 16th and last time married couple 'Charles Bronson (I)' and Jill Ireland made a film together. more
Quotes:
Jay Killion: Charlie, get some clothes on!
Charlotte Chong: That's not what you said last night!
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Soundtrack:
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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Unmemorable latter-day Bronson vehicle., 14 August 2004
2/10
Author: Jonathon Dabell (barnaby.rudge@hotmail.co.uk) from Wakefield, England

In the twilight years of his career, Charles Bronson forged long-running partnerships with several directors, most notably J. Lee Thompson and Michael Winner. He did two films for one-time Bond director Peter Hunt too - the first being the decent 1981 actioner Death Hunt, the second being this indifferent political chase thriller. Assassination is pretty dull if truth be known, and come the end you'll find yourself longing for something with a bit more passion and pace, like The Wilby Conspiracy for instance (which, plotwise, this film resembles).

Bronson sleepwalks through his role as bodyguard Jay Killian, whose assignment is to protect the American President's wife, Lara Royce Craig (Jill Ireland, real-life wife of Bronson). Killian believes that Mrs Craig has been targetted by assassins; she thinks he's an over-protective, paranoid pessimist. Turns out - surprise, surprise - that Killian was right all along and someone is indeed out to eradicate her. The pair of them go on the run, pursued by the assassins.

Everyone knows that the wife of an American President is known as The First Lady. For some reason, in this film they have renamed her "One Mama"! Quite what the point of this is is anybody's guess, but it's indicative of the film's pointlessness as a whole. Most of the film's performances are lazy, and the script takes a heck of a long time to get to where it's going. If I had to label Assassination within a specific genre, I'd say it is supposed to be a "thriller". I'd say that with some reservations, however, as to say that it's a thriller it has precious few thrills.

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