''Hour of the Assassin'' (also known as es, Misión en los Andes) 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. ''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 Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have a ...

the newly elected President of

San Pedro de Tacna Tacna is a city in southern Peru and the regional capital of the Tacna Region. A very commercially active city, it is located only north of the border with Arica y Parinacota Region from Chile, inland from the Pacific Ocean and in the valley of ...

, 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 The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian intelligence agency, foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gat ...

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

* 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.

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. ''Hour of the Assassin'' was released on DVD.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hour of the Assassin 1987 films 1987 action films 1987 drama films Peruvian action drama films 1980s action drama films 1980s Peruvian films 1980s American films 1987 directorial debut films English-language Peruvian films Warner Bros. films Films produced by Roger Corman 1980s English-language films American action drama films