Highpoint

Highpoint (1984)

Genres - Mystery, Comedy  |   Release Date - Aug 31, 1984 (USA - Unknown), Aug 31, 1984 (USA)  |   Run Time - 88 min.  |   Countries - Canada  |   MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Eleanor Mannikka

Mixing a tongue-in-cheek approach with thriller action, this routine caper story features Christopher Plummer as James Hatcher -- a businessman who has just double-crossed both the CIA and the Mafia and has to hide out -- and Richard Harris as Louis Kinney, an unemployed accountant who takes on the job of bodyguard to Hatcher's sister and mother. Eventually, both the CIA and the Mafia catch on to the fact that they have been mutually bilked out of $10 million by Hatcher, but they are further befuddled when Hatcher manages to portray Kinney as a murderer. This, of course, sets Kinney off on a manhunt for Hatcher, who is now most-wanted by just about everybody.

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cat-and-mouse, corruption, double-cross, espionage, frame-up, gangster, hitman, killing, robbery