The Tailor of Panama
In a place this treacherous, what a good spy needs is a spy of his own.
Film20011h 49m
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- Director
- John Boorman
- Language
- English
- Released
- 2001-02-11
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
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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 nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.
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