''Avenger'' is a 2006 American

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directed by

Robert Markowitz Robert Markowitz (born February 7, 1935, in Irvington, New Jersey, Irvington, New Jersey) is an American film and television director. He directed episodes of ''Serpico (TV series), Serpico'' (1976), ''Delvecchio (TV series), Delvecchio'' (1976- ...

and written by

Alan Sharp Alan Sharp (12 January 1934 – 8 February 2013) was a Scottish novelist and screenwriter. He published two novels in the 1960s, and subsequently wrote the screenplays for about twenty films, mostly produced in the United States. According to ...

, based on the 2003 novel of the same name by

Frederick Forsyth Frederick McCarthy Forsyth ( ; 25 August 1938 – 9 June 2025) was an English novelist and journalist. He was best known for thrillers such as ''The Day of the Jackal'', ''The Odessa File'', ''The Fourth Protocol'', ''The Dogs of War (novel), ...

. The film stars

Sam Elliott Samuel Pack Elliott (born August 9, 1944) is an American actor. With a career spanning over five decades of film and television, he is recognized for his deep sonorous voice. Elliott has received various accolades, including a Screen Actors ...

and

Timothy Hutton Timothy Hutton (born August 16, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He is the List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Youngest winners 4, youngest recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he ...

. It aired on

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on April 9, 2006.

Premise

CIA The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and ...

agent steps in to stop a former special forces operative on a for-hire mission that poses a global threat.

Cast

as Calvin Dexter *

as Frank McBride *

James Cromwell James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American actor. Known for his extensive work as a character actor, he has received a Primetime Emmy Award as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for '' Babe'' ( ...

as Paul Devereaux * Antonio Lyons as Washington Lee

Production

Filming took place in

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, South Africa.

Release

The film was broadcast on

on April 9, 2006. It was released on DVD by

Warner Home Video Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, Inc. (doing business as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment; formerly known as Warner Home Video and WCI Home Video and sometimes credited as Warner Home Entertainment) is the American home video distribution ...

on October 3, 2006.

Reception

David Cornelius of DVDTalk saying "Its plot is merely an afterthought, a thread on which we hang the coolness that is Sam Elliott".

References

External links

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