When long-time British agent Harry Palmer loses his job because the Cold War is over, he's promptly approached by a Russian bossman, Alex. In St. Petersburg Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russia's future, which is threatened because a deadly biochemical weapon called the Red Death has been stolen from him. He'll pay Harry handsomely to retrieve it. An ex-spy friend tips Harry off that it's being sent to Beijing by train, aboard which we begin to learn whose side everyone's really on.
Casts:
Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Mia Sara, Michael Gambon, Michael Sarrazin, Lev Prygunov, Patrick Allen, Sue Lloyd, Burt Kwouk, John Dunn-Hill, Anatoli Davydov, Aleksandr Zavyalov, Helena Michell, Anatoly Suvnikov, Ivan Shvedoff, Aleksandr Ilin, Shaughan Seymour, Corinna Richards, Juliette Benson, Anatoly Kulbitsky, Tamara Timofeeva, Ingolf Gorges, Aleksandr Bajkov, Hryhoriy Hlady, Tatjana Berkova, Svetlana Nemirovskaya, Sergey Russkin, Anastasiya Belova, Mikhail Alikin, Annika Bullus, Chris Tulloch, Anatoliy Shvederskiy, Igor Khvan, Dmitriy Nagiev