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The Package is a american film of genre Drama directed by Andrew Davis released in USA on 25 august 1989 with Gene Hackman
The Package (1989)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 25 august 1989
Length 1h48
Directed by Andrew Davis
OriginUSA
Themes Political films
Rating63%
The Package is a 1989 political thriller film directed by Andrew Davis and starring Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy and Tommy Lee Jones. Set during the Cold War, the film portrays an assassination conspiracy within both the U.S. and Soviet militaries. The Americans and Soviets are about to sign a disarmament treaty to completely eliminate nuclear weapons, but elements within each country's military are vehemently opposed to such a plan and determined to stop it at all costs. Roger Ebert awarded the film three stars out of four, calling it "smarter than most thrillers".
Synopsis
Gene Hackman stars as Johnny Gallagher, a Special Forces Master Sergeant in the United States Army who is assigned to escort a prisoner, an Army deserter named Thomas Boyette (Tommy Lee Jones), from West Berlin back to the United States. When Boyette escapes, Gallagher pursues him and discovers that Boyette is actually a professional assassin hired to kill the leader of the Soviet Union (clearly resembling Mikhail Gorbachev) after a meeting in Chicago with the President of the United States. Gallagher is joined by his ex-wife Eileen, a lieutenant colonel in the Judge Advocate General Corps of the U.S. Army (Joanna Cassidy), and Chicago police Lt. Milan Delich (Dennis Franz).Actors
Gene Hackman
(Sgt. Johnny Gallagher)
Joanna Cassidy
(Eileen Gallagher)
Tommy Lee Jones
(Thomas Boyette)
Dennis Franz
(Lt. Milan Delich)
Pam Grier
(Ruth Butler)
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