Thriller starring Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Robbie Coltrane, Bill Patterson and Denholm Elliott. When a British politician and an East German military attaché are linked in a call-girl scandal, journalist Nick Mullen is assigned to the story. He soon suspects that he is being set up by the authorities. Meanwhile, Mullen\'s drunken colleague Vernon Bayliss is convinced of the politician\'s innocence. After Vernon is killed in suspicious circumstances, Mullen teams up with Bayliss\' beautiful secretary Nina to get at the truth.