At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure as she attempts to rescue an old lover.

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Maggie Smith
• Alec McCowen
• Louis Gossett Jr.
• Robert Stephens
• Cindy Williams
• Robert Flemyng
• José Luis López Vázquez
• Raymond Gérôme