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Avenger | |
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Genre | Thriller |
Based on | Avenger by Frederick Forsyth |
Written by | Alan Sharp |
Directed by | Robert Markowitz |
Starring | |
Music by | Stephen Graziano |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Mitch Engel |
Cinematography | Oliver Bokelberg |
Editor | David Beatty |
Running time | 92 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | TNT |
Release | April 9, 2006 |
Avenger is a 2006 American television thriller film directed by Robert Markowitz and written by Alan Sharp, based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth. The film stars Sam Elliott and Timothy Hutton. It aired on TNT on April 9, 2006.[1][2][3]
A CIA agent steps in to stop a former special forces operative on a for-hire mission that poses a global threat.
Filming took place in Cape Town, South Africa.[4]
The film was broadcast on TNT on April 9, 2006.[4] It was released on DVD by Warner Home Video on October 3, 2006.[5]
David Cornelius of DVDTalk saying "Its plot is merely an afterthought, a thread on which we hang the coolness that is Sam Elliott".[2]