Emmy Award Winner Armand Assante ("Gotti") Guest Stars

"Blowback" --  Ducky comes out of the autopsy room and goes undercover to stop the illegal sale of the Navy's top secret weapons system, on a rebroadcast of NCIS, Tuesday, June 12 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Tom Wright directed the episode from a script by Christopher Silber.  (Originally broadcast 2/6/07; previously scheduled for a later date)

Emmy Award Winner Armand Assante ("Gotti") guest stars as an international arms dealer La Grenouille.

After capturing one international arms dealer, the NCIS team discovers that the Navy's highly classified weapons system is about to be sold to another high priority arms dealer known as "La Grenouille" (Assante). Using Ducky as a decoy, the Gibbs and the team set up a meeting with the elusive criminal.  But just as NCIS is about to make their move, they discover that another government agency has alternate plans for Le Grenouille.  Meanwhile, Gibbs' curiosity is peaked when Jenny appears to have a personal vendetta against their wanted man. 

SERIES REGULARS:

NCIS Special Agent

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs...................... Mark Harmon

NCIS Special Agent

  Anthony DiNozzo................. Michael Weatherly

Dr. Donald "Ducky"

  Mallard................................... David McCallum

Abby Sciuto............................... Pauley Perrette

NCIS Special Agent

  Timothy McGee............................ Sean Murray

Ziva David, Mossad

  Liaison Cote de Pablo

NCIS Director Jenny Shepard  Lauren Holly

RECURRING CAST:

Cynthia Sumner......................... Stephanie Mello

GUEST CAST:

La Grenouille............................ Armand Assante

Trent Kort............................. David Dayan Fisher

Martin Quinn..................................... Corey Stoll

Eli Lissack (aka Goliath)................. Assaf Cohen

Nick Hurley..................................... Jim Parrack

Charles Harrow................................... Fred Tate

Max Phillips.................................. David Batiste

Regine Smidt................................. Sandra Hess

GENRE:  DRAMA, CRIME, MYSTERY, MILITARY

RATING:  TV-PG-LV

On the web: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/ncis/

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