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1987 US-Peru action-drama film by Luis Llosa
Hour of the Assassin Directed by
Luis Llosa Urquidi Written by Matt Leipzig Produced by Starring Cinematography Cusi Barrio Edited by William Flicker Music by
Fred Myrow Production companies
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Release date
January 23, 1987 (1987-01-23 )
Running time
96 minutes Countries Language English
Hour of the Assassin (also known as
Spanish : Misión en los Andes
[1] ) is a 1987
action –
drama film starring
Erik Estrada ,
Robert Vaughn , Alfredo Álvarez Calderón, Orlando Sacha,
Reynaldo Arenas , and Lourdes Berninzon. The film was directed by
Luis Llosa Urquidi and written by Matt Leipzig.
[2]
[4]
[5] Hour of the Assassin was
executive produced by
Roger Corman .
Plot
Employed by a group of generals, Martin Fiero (Estrada), a former
Green Beret , is hired to
assassinate the newly elected
President of
San Pedro de Tacna ,
Peru . They feel threatened by the liberal sympathies of the new president-elect. The generals, having killed Fiero's father years ago, trick Fiero into thinking he is working for the leftist People's Party. Meanwhile, a
CIA agent, Sam Merrick (Vaughn), is sent to stop to the assassination. It is a race against time as the agent must stop Fiero before it is too late.
[7]
Cast
Erik Estrada as Martin Fierro
Robert Vaughn as Sam Merrick
Alfredo Álvarez Calderón as Ortiz
Orlando Sacha as Folco
Reynaldo Arenas as Paladoro
Lourdes Berninzon as Adriana
Ramón García as Navarro
Oswaldo Fernández as Casals
Ramón García Ribeyro as Andujar
Gustavo MacLennan as Doc
Alberto Montalva as Costa
Francisco Giraldo as Roberto Villaverde
Estela Paredes as Paladoro's Wife
Javier Solís as Marcelo
Franjo Antich as Tough Kid Motorbike
Baldomero Cáceres as Tough Kid Castilla (credited as Baldomero Caceres)
Maria Teresa Gagodorca as Luisa
German Paredes as Santiago (credited as German Gonzales)
Production
Filming
Hour of the Assassin was filmed in
Peru .
[8]
Release
Hour of the Assassin was released in theatres on January 23, 1987. The film was released on
VHS by
Warner Home Video on May 26, 1987.
[9] Hour of the Assassin was released on
DVD .
[10]
See also
References
^ Victoria Ruétalo; Dolores Tierney, eds. (2009).
Latsploitation, Exploitation Cinemas, and Latin America (Routledge Advances in Film Studies) (1st ed.).
Abingdon-on-Thames :
Routledge .
ISBN
978-0415993869 .
^
"Hour of the Assassin" .
Turner Classic Movies .
Atlanta :
Turner Broadcasting System (
Time Warner ). Retrieved December 23, 2016 .
^
"Hour of Assassin" .
BFI National Archive .
United Kingdom :
British Film Institute . Archived from
the original on December 24, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016 .
^
"Hour of Assassin" .
MUBI . United Kingdom. Retrieved December 23, 2016 .
^
"Hour of Assassin" .
TV Guide . Retrieved December 23, 2016 .
^
Maltin, Leonard (2014).
Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide .
New York City :
Signet .
ISBN
978-0451468499 .
^ Hour of the Assassin .
Burbank, California :
Warner Bros. May 26, 1987.
ASIN
6301969987 .
^
"Hour of Assassin" . Shopping Carts Plus .
Australia . Retrieved December 23, 2016 .
Sources
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