XIII(2008)
Overview
The first female US President Sally Sheridan is shot dead by a sniper during her Veterans Day speech. Her assassin narrowly escapes the scene with his life, national security hot on his heels - or so it seems. Three months later, an elderly couple discover the body of a wounded man in a tree, wearing a parachute. The young man cannot remember the slightest thing about his own identity.
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Top 10 Billed Cast
General Carrington
Kim Rowland
La Mangouste
Ross Tanner
Sam
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President Galbrain
Sally Sheridan
Mr. Cody
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