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directed by Héctor Olivera and based on the novel ''

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'' by

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, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It was one in a number of ten movies

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Plot

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who wishes to leave his line of work is tasked by his agency with killing one final target in

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, but the situation becomes complicated when he falls in love with his target's lover and asks her to flee to

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with him.

Cast

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... James Conrad * Adrianne Sachs ... Cecilia Lorca *

Duilio Marzio Duilio Marzio (November 27, 1923 - July 25, 2013) was a well-known Argentine cinema and theatre actor. Life and work Marzio was born Duilio Bruno Perruccio La Stella in Buenos Aires to Sicilian immigrants, in 1923. He enrolled at the University ...

... Paulino Velasco * Michael Cavanaugh ... Dean Boyle *

Alberto Segado Albert Segado (1944 – December 14, 2010) was an Argentine actor whose stage and film credits included '' Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación'' and ''I Don't Want to Talk About It''. Segado studied acting at the Instituto de Teatro of the Univer ...

... Lorenzo 'Lucky' Lara * Francisco Cocuzza ... Carlos Pino *

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... Hilda Levin *

Nathán Pinzón Nathán Pinzón (27 February 1917 – 15 August 1993) was an Argentine actor. He starred in the 1962 film ''Una Jaula no tiene secretos''. Selected filmography * '' Santos Vega'' (1936) * ''Juan Moreira'' (1948) * '' Passport to Rio'' (1948) ...

... Morelos *

Juan José Ghisalberti ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Phili ...

... Joseph Levin * Ricardo Hamlin ... Bates * Jose Luis Cabrera ... Tango Dancer *

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... Sergio *

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... Adela * Ana Maria Vita ... Boarder 1 at Levin's Hotel * Alejandra De Luiggi ... Boarder 2 at Levin's Hotel * Flávia Aberg Cobo ... Airline Attendant 1 * Maria Fournery ... Airline Attendant 2 * Armando Capo ... Angelo * Ricardo Fasan ... Paolo Basso (as Ricardo Fassan) * Lilian Rinar ... Blonde Woman * Gianni Fiore ... Customs Employee (as Gianni Fiori) * Daniel Ripari ... Bodyguard 1 * Arturo Noal ... Bodyguard 2 * Rubén Bermúdez ... Bodyguard 3 * Nestor Cannichio ... Lara's Driver

Production

The film was based on the novel '' Ultimas dias de la victima'', by Argentine screenwriter, philosopher and novelist Jose Pablo Feinmann. The book was adapted as a movie for the first time in the Argentinian film '' Últimos días de la víctima'' (1982). The story was totally rewritten by a U.S. screenwriter, Yolanda Finch (

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), together with Feinmann, for a North American audience.

Reception

''Variety'' called it "uneven".

References

External links

* 1989 films 1989 crime thriller films 1989 drama films Argentine thriller films English-language Argentine films Films set in Buenos Aires American thriller films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films Films directed by Héctor Olivera 1980s Argentine films English-language crime thriller films Films produced by Roger Corman Concorde Pictures films {{1980s-US-film-stub