Target of an Assassin

Target of an Assassin is a 1977 film directed by Peter Collinson. It stars Anthony Quinn and John Phillip Law. Target of an Assassin was completed in South Africa in 1976 as Tigers Don't Cry, but was not put into general American release for nearly nine years. Other alternate titles include African Rage, The Long Shot, and Fatal Assassin.^[1]

Cast

• Anthony Quinn as Ernest Hobday
• John Phillip Law as Shannon
• Simon Sabela as President Lunda
• Marius Weyers as Colonel Albert Pahler
• Sandra Prinsloo as Sister Janet Hobart

Plot summary

The film is set in a South African hospital. Top-billed Anthony Quinn plays a male nurse, assigned to care for a foreign President (Simon Sabela). With many threats against his well-being, the leader is heavily guarded around the clock. But Quinn manages to kidnap his patient for strictly personal gain, unaware that a hired sniper is still attempting to take the life of the foreign leader while in Quinn's custody. This leads to a series of curious plot twists leading to a climatic scene with cable cars on a high plateau ridge.

References

External links

• Target of an Assassin at the Internet Movie Database