US ambassador in Rome must protect US interests and secrets from mob, spies and curious girlfriends who may be more than what they seem.
Acting
Nick Mancuso committed to this nonsense with leading-man gravity.
Costume
Shoulder pads so sharp they could deflect incoming intelligence.
Director
Robert Michael Lewis
Nick Mancuso
Harry Brackett
Mimi Rogers
Nancy Russell
Richard Masur
Dennis Thorne
Richard Gilliland
Ted Davidson
Blanche Baker
Megan Hillyer
Lee Curreri
Mike Forte
Kim Darby
Sue Davidson
George Grizzard
Senator Tunnard
Elya Baskin
Aelx Serov
Sam Wanamaker
Ambassador Arthur Ingram
Eli Wallach
Joe Verga
Marino Masé
Inspector Casalli
Marina Berti
Marina
Mirella D'Angelo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired on ABC as a pilot that mercifully never became a series. The network tested it against actual diplomatic crises and found it lacking.
Embassy captures that specific mid-80s panic where Americans couldn't decide if Italy was romantic or dangerously foreign. The answer, apparently, was 'both, plus spies.'
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