Main Cast: Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins, Elpidia Carrillo, Joaquim de Almeida
Release Year: 1983
Country: UK
Run Time: 103 minutes
Plot
John Mackenzie directed this schematic adaptation of Graham Greene's best-selling thriller The Honorary Consul. Richard Gere stars as Dr. Eduardo Plarr, a brilliant doctor who has chosen to practice in the provinces rather than the teeming city of Buenos Aires because his father remains a political prisoner in Paraguay. As the story begins, Plarr is awaiting word from his father after years of silence. One day Leon (Joaquim de Almeida), an old childhood friend, contacts him. Leon was a priest who had left the church and is now working for the Paraguayan underground. Leon blackmails Plarr into obtaining information on an upcoming visit to the province by the United States Ambassador. Leon's plan is to kidnap the ambassador and hold him for ransom in order to obtain the release of Paraguayan political prisoners -- including Plarr's father. The source for the information is an alcoholic has-been, Charley Fortnum (Michael Caine), the province's honorary British counsel, whose wife Clara (Elpidia Carrillo) also happens to be Plarr's mistress. When the kidnapping goes wrong, Plarr is forced to re-examine his relationship with Clara and with Charley, whose betrayal by Plarr has put Charley's life in jeopardy. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
A. Martinez - Aquino; Geoffrey Palmer - Ambassador Belfrage; Stephanie Cotsirilos - Marta; Domingo Ambriz - Diego; Leonard Maguire - Dr. Humphries; Eric Valdez - Pablo
Credit
Terry Pritchard - Art Director, Richard F. Dalton - Associate Producer, Barbara Lane - Costume Designer, Simon Hinkly - First Assistant Director, John MacKenzie - Director, Stuart Baird - Editor, Richard Harvey - Composer (Music Score), Stanley Myers - Composer (Music Score), Paul McCartney - Songwriter, Allan Cameron - Production Designer, Terry Pritchard - Production Designer, Phil Meheux - Cinematographer, Irwin Allen - Producer, John Heyman - Producer, Norma Heyman - Producer, David John - Sound/Sound Designer, Christopher Hampton - Screenwriter, Graham Greene - Book Author
