The Assassination Run
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The Assassination Run

Premiered 1980-01-04 1 season 3 eps

While attending Oxford University, Mark Fraser is recruited as an agent by Department Six of British Intelligence. In time he becomes one of their top "eliminators." After several years, he resigns in disgust, marries his girlfriend, Jill Marshall, and retires to the Scottish Highlands. While shopping one afternoon, Jill is kidnapped by five German terrorists and brought to Spain. When Mark receives a telephone call from the terrorists, instructing him to assassinate a right-wing German publisher, he is forced to employ his old skills as a hit man to ensure Jill's safety. .

Last Episode Aired 1980-01-18
S1E3 — Episode 3

Frustrated by the interference of British Intelligence and the Russian KGB in the search for his Wife, who remains a hostage of the terrorists, Mark is running out of time and being moved towards decision point -- assassination.

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Billed Cast
Malcolm Stoddard
Mark Fraser
Mary Tamm
Mary Tamm
Jill Fraser
Sandor Elès
Sandor Elès
Vladimir Ilyich Grigor
James Drake
James Drake
Sir James Mackieson
Leon Sinden
Leon Sinden
Bartlett
Ben Aris
Frank Lloyd
Seymour Matthews
Rolf
Jenny Lipman
Elisa
Philip Bowen
Jurgen
Holly De Jong
Holly De Jong
Gudrun
Ingo Mogendorf
Ingo Mogendorf
Scherer
Peter van Dissel
Peter
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