Overview
A young American computer hackeress is hired by a liberal British lawyer to right the wrong done to a third world country by a London investment company. Even the expertise of her building inspector sidekick can not prevent a surprising development though.
Director and cast
- John Hay Director
- Helen Slater as Kim
- Alfred Molina as Cliff
- Peter Bowles as Lord Childwell
- Dinsdale Landen as Sir Wilmot
- Heathcote Williams as Jeremiah
- Stephen Fry as Wimborne
- Jack Dee as Wilmot's Servant
- Bryan Pringle as Cecil, Bank Doorman
- Patricia Hayes as Mrs Fawkes
- Ann Bryson as Bank Transfer Clerk
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