''Hour of the Assassin'' (also known as es, Misión en los Andes) is a 1987

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starring

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, Alfredo Álvarez Calderón, Orlando Sacha, Reynaldo Arenas, and Lourdes Berninzon. The film was directed by Luis Llosa Urquidi and written by Matt Leipzig. ''Hour of the Assassin'' was

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Plot

Employed by a group of generals, Martin Fiero (Estrada), a former

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, is hired to assassinate the newly elected

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of San Pedro de Tacna,

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. 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.

Cast

as Martin Fierro *

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

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Release

''Hour of the Assassin'' was released in theatres on January 23, 1987. The film was released on VHS by

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on May 26, 1987. ''Hour of the Assassin'' was released on

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