Target of an Assassin is a 1977 South African thriller film directed by Peter Collinson and starring Anthony Quinn and John Phillip Law. It 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. Based on the novel Running Scared by Jon Burmeister.

Plot

The film is set in a South African hospital. Top-billed Anthony Quinn plays a male nurse, Hobday, assigned to care for a foreign President (Simon Sabela), who escaped an assassination attempt on the day he arrived in South Africa for an official visit. With many threats against his well-being, the leader is heavily guarded around the clock. Hobday 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 Hobday s custody. This leads to a series of curious plot twists leading to a climactic scene with cable cars on a high plateau ridge.

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

Year	1977
ReleaseDate	1977-02-10
RuntimeMins	105
RuntimeStr	1h 45min
Plot	An ailing African leader is admitted to a hospital. A male nurse at the hospital kidnaps him, but it turns out that things aren’t exactly what they seem to be.
Directors	Peter Collinson
Writers	Jon Burmeister, Scot Finch
Stars	Anthony Quinn, John Phillip Law, Simon Sabela
Produced by	J. van Zyl Alberts,Alan Girney,Thys Heyns
Music by	Hennie Bekker
Cinematography by	Brian Probyn
Film Editing by	Harry Hughes
Casting By	Gianna Pisanello
Art Direction by	John Margetts
Costume Design by	Jon-Jon Lambon
Makeup Department	Betty Church,Colin Polson
Production Management	Jon Walding
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Howard Rennie
Art Department	Graeme Orwin,Roy Wiffen
Sound Department	Bill Asher,Sid Knowles,Hugh Strain,Derek Ward
Special Effects by	Jannie Wienand
Stunts	Boet Minnie
Camera and Electrical Department	Jan Cilliers,K.C. Jones,Rainer Lanuschny,Dave Levine,Paul Michelson,Charlie Moralo,Kim Morgado,Hanro Möhr,Ray Wilson,Erwin Hekelmoser
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Hilda Geerdts,Jon-Jon Lambon
Editorial Department	Paul Raleigh
Script and Continuity Department	Phindi Dludla,Doreen Merriman
Additional Crew	Albert Botha,Scot Finch,Lynn Horgan,H.P. Laubscher
Genres	Thriller
Companies	Heyns Film Productions
Countries	South Africa
Languages	English, Afrikaans
ContentRating	PG
ImDbRating	4.8
ImDbRatingVotes	409
Keywords	hospital,male nurse,tension,visceral,victim