''Cold Front'' is a 1989 Canadian-American

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directed by Allan A. Goldstein and starring

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and

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Plot

The RCMP, the CIA, and the KGB are all in pursuit of a free-lance hit man who kills randomly-selected women, in addition to the targets he's been paid to kill. CIA agent John Hyde (

) and his Canadian Mountie counterpart, Derek McKenzie (

), investigate the murder of a Korean embassy employee, and end up in the middle of this jurisdictional nightmare, as does Hyde's ex-wife Amanda O'Rourke (

), who is the assassin's next target.

Cast

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* 1989 thriller films 1980s crime thriller films English-language Canadian films Canadian crime thriller films American crime thriller films Films directed by Allan A. Goldstein Films shot in Vancouver Films set in Vancouver 1980s English-language films 1980s American films 1980s Canadian films {{crime-thriller-film-stub