An investment planner, bored with his job and his girlfriend, is given the opportunity to help open a new firm in South America. Once in the new country, he finds himself dealing with dictators and revolutionaries during a time of intense political upheaval, and to complicate his life further, he begins an affair with his new employer's wife.

• Lorimar Productions
• CiP - Europaische Treuhand AG
• Ray Sharkey
• Ornella Muti
• Klaus Kinski
• Armand Assante
• King Vidor
• Susan Heldfond
• William Prince
• Tony Sirico