Cynthia Baxter

A secret investigator uncovers a murderer and an international organization in Switzerland. Starring Academy Award-winner Sir John Gielgud ("Arthur," "Murder on the Orient Express"), Patrick O'Neal ("The Way We Were," "For the Boys") and Joan Hackett ("Only When I Laugh").

Richard Cutter isn't like most insurance investigators. Instead of being equipped with actuarial tables, he's armed with a handgun and a dismissive wit. "Why do you carry a gun?" asks the exec hiring him to probe a case of multimillion-dollar insurance fraud. "It's more effective than a hammer," Cutter replies. Patrick O'Neal brings unshakeable sangfroid to the role of Cutter in this zigzag tale of corporate cover-up and death that's less Bond-like in its pacing and style and more akin to the methodical maneuvering of Harry Palmer.