The Emissary is a 1988 South African thriller film starring Ted Le Plat, Terry Norton, Robert Vaughn, , Patrick Mynhardt, , Ken Gampu, Brian O'Shaughnessy, and Peter Krummeck. The film was written, produced, and directed by Jan Scholtz.
Jack Cavanaugh (Le Plat) learns that the KGB use his wife (Norton) to get access to a top secret computer system. He cannot see what to do except to take on the foreign agents himself.
The Emissary was filmed in South Africa in 1988.
The Emissary premiered at MIFED in Italy in October 1988, before being released in South African theatres by Lars International Pictures on 21 April 1989. The film was released on VHS on 16 August 1989. The film can be streamed online by IFM Film Associates, Inc. The Emissary was released on DVD in the United Kingdom.