Main Cast: Paul McGann, Rebecca De Mornay, Derrick O'Connor, John Castle, Paul Guilfoyle
Release Year: 1989
Country: UK
Run Time: 92 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
The financial and personal dealings of high finance set the stage for this drama. The London branch of Whitney Paine, a major American investment bank, is in the midst of a crisis; after the loss of $100 million, one of their leading traders, Tony Eisner (Simon Slater) commits suicide by putting a slug through his head while seated at his place in the board room. Despite the high stakes, many of the firm's staff are eager to step into Tony's now-vacated shoes and get credit for saving the company. Daniel Pascoe (Paul McGann), the leading trader at the firm, is convinced that he's first in line for the assignment, but the firm imports a new trader from America, Anna Schuman (Rebecca DeMornay). Daniel is enraged and makes a point of trying to dig up as much dirt on Anna as he can (which, given her extra-curricular activities with dealers from other firms, is a considerable amount), but the longer Daniel and Anna work together, the more he finds himself attracted to her. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Rosalind Bennett - Bonnie; Adrian Dunbar - Lennox Mayhew; Nicholas Hewetson - Jamie Dunbar; Sara Sugarman - Elana; Annabel Brooks - Lucy; Amanda Dickinson - Whitney Paine Clerk; Beverly Hills - Tape-Room Girl; Douglas Hodge - Patrick Skill; Choy-Ling Man - Riki; Irene Marot - Taxi Passenger; Rohan McCollough - Carla Mallory; Simon Slater - Tony Eisner; Dikran Tulaine - Wolfgang; Willie Ross - Anna's Doorman; Paul Atkinson - Whitney Paine Guard; Andrew Baker - Barman; Georgia Byng - Bar Girl; Marissa Dunlop - Little GIrl; Barry Ewart - Commissionaire; Kit Hollerbach - Newscaster; Paul Stacey - Private Eye; Richenda Carey - Mallory's Secretary; David Hancock - Dealer
Credit
Ken Wheatley - Art Director, Joyce Gallie - Casting, Dizzy Downs - Costume Designer, Roger Simons - First Assistant Director, Colin Bucksey - Director, Jon Costelloe - Editor, Andrew Brown - Executive Producer, Richard Hartley - Composer (Music Score), Beryl Lerman - Makeup, Peter J. Hampton - Production Designer, Peter Sinclair - Cinematographer, William P. Cartlidge - Producer, Stephenie McMillan - Set Designer, Andrew MacLear - Screenwriter
Whitney Payne is an American owned City based Investment Bank reeling after the loss of £100million by one of its brokers, Tony Eisner, who subsequently commits suicide by shooting himself in the board room. It's up to the others to save the company and some are eager to take up Tony's now-vacant 'dollar book' position to do so. These include Robbie Barrell (O'Connor) and Daniel Pascoe (McGann). But tensions rise after the directors of Whitney Payne employ a beautiful American broker named Anna Schuman (De Mornay) to pull the company out of the mess.
Dealers received a fairly mixed response from its critics, some describing it as 'poorly acted' and 'poorly scripted', with others describing it as having an 'edge-of-your-seat climax'.
