American Roulette (film)

• Andy García: Carlos Quintas
• Kitty Aldridge: Kate Webber
• Robert Stephens: Screech
• Al Matthews: Morrisey
• Alfredo Michelsen: Ramon
• Ricardo Sibelo: Miguel
• Lino Omoboni: Alfonso
• Carola Palacios: Inez
• Adolpho Cozzi: Paco
• Juanita Waterman: Zoe
• Gloria Romo: widow of Raul
• Sheila Burrell: Paul's neighbor
• Ben Onwukwe: abducted motorists
• Peter Guinness: policeman
• Yves Aubert: reporter

American Roulette (American Roulette) is a British thriller from 1988. Directed by Maurice Hatton, who also wrote the screenplay.

Action

The poet and democratically elected president of a South American country Carlos Quintas is issued after a coup. He went to London, where he organized a government in exile. Quintas falls in love with his assistant Kate Webber.

Quintas is surrounded by people who are suspected as employees of foreign intelligence agencies like the CIA and the KGB. The military junta continues to Quintas a team to kidnap him. Quintas flees with the London Underground.

Reviews

The magazine Cinema described the film as "a mess " and asked mockingly, whether it was a satire.

The Journal prism praised the " compelling " presentation by Andy Garcia " as a charismatic idealist" in the " exciting political thriller about loyalty, love and the melancholy of exile ".

Background

The film was shot in London. It had its world premiere on May 18, 1988, the Cannes Film Market.