Target of an Assassin

(1976)

105 minutes

Action / Thriller

aka "Fatal Assassin" and "Tigers Don't Cry, African Rage"

Country: South Africa
 
Directed by Peter Collinson
 
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
Joe Stewardson as Dr. Ben Schaeffer
Ken Gampu as Manga
Janet Du Plessis as Ginny Slade
Barry Trengove as Maurer
 
Good thriller story about two men who conspire against a black African leader -- one, a paid assassin, the other a desperate down-and-outer who kidnaps him for ransom.  Based on the novel Running Scared by Jon Burmeister.