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directed by Héctor Olivera and based on the classic novel ''

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

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Synopsis

A professional assassin who does not wish to continue as such receives an order from his employer (a mysterious "Company") to kill one last target in

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. While completing this task, he falls in love with the lover of his future victim, to whom he proposes fleeing to Nepal together. But suddenly everything gets complicated.

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 *

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... Lorenzo 'Lucky' Lara *

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... Carlos Pino *

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... Hilda Levin *

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... Morelos * Juan José Ghisalberti ... Joseph Levin * Ricardo Hamlin ... Bates * Jose Luis Cabrera ... Tango Dancer * Pablo Novak ... 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 classic 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.

References

External links

* 1980s crime thriller films Argentine thriller drama films English-language Argentine films 1980s thriller drama films Films set in Buenos Aires American thriller drama films 1989 drama films 1989 films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films Films directed by Héctor Olivera 1980s Argentine films {{1980s-Argentina-film-stub