Title | : | The Tailor of Panama |
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Release | : | 2001 |
Rating | : | 6.1 |
Language | : | English, Spanish |
Runtime | : | 109 |
Genre | : | Action,Comedy,Drama,Thriller |
John LeCarre's spy thriller is brought to the big screen. A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a criminal past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the canal administrator, and a huge debt. The spy's mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Panama Canal, but he's really in business for himself, blackmailing the tailor into spinning a fantastic tale about the canal being sold to China and former mercenaries ready to topple the current government.
John le Carré (novel), Andrew Davies (screenplay), John le Carré (screenplay), John Boorman (screenplay)