Assassination (1987)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Peter R. Hunt

Writer:

Richard Sale (writer)

Release Date:

9 January 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

They were reluctant running mates . . . in a race for their lives!

Plot:

Jay Killon is the bodyguard of the recently elected US president, but he is assigned to the first lady (Lara Royce)...

Plot Keywords:

U.S. President | Bodyguard | First Lady | Political | Assassination

Cast

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 (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)

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
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
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)

Production Companies

• Cannon Group
• Golan-Globus Productions

Distributors

• Cannon Film Distributors (1987) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cineplex-Odeon Films (1987) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Scotia International Filmverleih (1989) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• América Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1990) (USA) (VHS)
• FS Film Oy (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Future Film (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Media Home Entertainment (video)
• Nelonen (2002) (Finland) (TV)
• Oy Europa Vision AB (1988) (Finland) (video)
• RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video
• VMP (1989) (West Germany) (VHS)
• Vestron Video International (1987) (Belgium) (VHS)
• Westlake Entertainment Group (2002) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (TVC)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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

Company:

Cannon Group

Trivia:

This was 16th and last time married couple 'Charles Bronson (I)' and Jill Ireland made a film together.

Quotes:

Lara Royce Craig: Do you speak English?
Indian Joe: Do I look like some goddamned foreigner?
Lara Royce Craig: I'm sorry.
Indian Joe: Of course I speak English, also Creole, French, Spanish. I'm a native born American Indian, not some half breed immigrant like you all.

Soundtrack:

March

ASSASSINATION pretty bad but pretty funny.

This really is terrible yet I found myself laughing hysterically. Bad acting from the supporting characters, plot holes galore and a haphazard directing style that has to be seen to be believed. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it but for all the wrong reasons. It's worth a rental if you're in the mood for this sort of thing.