Harry Palmer heads a private investigation business based in Moscow. His associates are Nikolai "Nick" Petrov, ex-CIA agent Craig, and ex-KGB Colonel Gradsky. They take on the job of finding 1000 grams of weapons-grade plutonium stolen from the Russian government, though they do not know the identity of their client.

• Lenfilm
• Michael Caine
• Jason Connery
• Michael Gambon
• Michael Sarrazin
• Lev Prygunov
• Olga Anokhina
• Anatoli Davydov
• John Dunn-Hill