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4.5/10   861 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Richard Sale (writer)
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Release Date:
9 January 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
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
User Comments:
Assassination (1987) is woth your time more (20 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)
Howard R. Schuster .... financing (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Der Mordanschlag (West Germany) [de]
El guardaespaldas de la primera dama (Spain) [es]
El guardaespatlles de la primera dama (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Livvagten (Denmark) [da]
Merénylet (Hungary) [hu]
Missão de Alto Risco (Portugal) [pt]
Protection rapprochée (France) [fr]
Salamurhaaja (Finland) [fi]
Ypo steni prostasia (Greece) [el]
Zamach (Poland) [pl]
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Runtime:
105 min
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Language:
Color:
Color (TVC)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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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
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was 16th and final time married couple 'Charles Bronson (I)'and Jill Ireland made a film together. more
Quotes:
Lara Royce Craig: Well, we've made it to Pickett's Charge. 15,000 men died here.
Jay Killion: Now it's 15,001.
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Soundtrack:
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7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Assassination (1987) is woth your time, 17 March 2003
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Ok maybe it's cheesey but it's a load of fun. Accept that it's that way and you love the film alot. It's a good action laugh, people take the micky saying you can't do this, that. Who's care, Bronson films are made to be enjoyed, he doesn't care what critics think. I don't. All he's own film he did are great. Fantastic stuff.

Well the story line is simple, Bronson is a service secret agent protecting the first lady (Jill). And suspects that someone is trying to ASSASSINATE her. So it's up to him to stop her in this great Action comedy thriller.

Worth the watch, i loved it. Especially with a comic Bronson. and he was 66 when he did this, wow, hope i'm like that at 66 running like a cat.

7 out 10

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