Madness runs rampant in this adaptation of Graham Greene's bestselling novel. McCowen, an English banker, meets Smith, a red-haired older British eccentric, while attending the cremation of his mother's remains. Smith claims to be McCowen's aunt and then says the ashes he now holds in an
urn are not his mother's. McCowen escorts his newly discovered relative back to her flamboyantly decorated apartment. Waiting for them is Gossett, Smith's current lover. After their arrival Smith receives a package that contains a finger supposedly removed from the hand of Stephens, the true
passion of her heart, and an enclosed note informs her that if she pays $100,000 in ransom ...
Released:
1972
Rated:
PG
Length:
109 mins