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Hour of the Assassin

Hour of the Assassin

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 23, 1987

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Action

User Score

42%

Original Title

Hour of the Assassin

Production Companies

Concorde Pictures

Director

Luis Llosa

Description

Fiero is hired to assassinate the newly-elected civilian president of San Pedro. His employers are a group of generals, 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 is sent stop to the assassination. It's a race against time as the agent must stop the HOUR OF THE ASSASSIN.