A weary British spy retreats to a Buenos Aires hotel and recalls his last dirty job, complete with lover.
Acting
Sam Neill elevates every scene he's in.
Production
Grimy Buenos Aires locations feel authentically sleazy.
Director
Robert Young
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Elleston Trevor's novel; he also wrote 'The Flight of the Phoenix' under a pseudonym.
Shot during Argentina's economic crisis, giving location scenes an accidental documentary quality of decay.