flight back to Canada. After arriving back at his apartment in Montréal, Mallory finds Celandine back where after confronting her, she admits to him that she indeed was involved with Deverell out of frustration to their failing marriage and she also, through the Organization's various channels and middle men, planned for Mallory to assassinate Deverell so she could be free from him and that Mallory could be free from the Organization. Mallory seems to accept this and he and Celandine make love. The next morning, Mallory wakes up confident and decides to cook Celandine breakfast, but after seeing that he does not have enough food in his refrigerator he leaves the apartment alone to go food shopping. A little later, as Mallory returns to his apartment, carrying a large brown paper bag filled with groceries, he stumbles along the balcony outside his apartment to look for his apartment keys when an unseen sniper shoots at him but misses. When a surprised Mallory looks around trying to locate the sniper, the unseen marksman opens fire again and hits Mallory again in his chest with the second bullet, killing him instantly. In the final images, as Mallory lies dead outside the door to his apartment, Celandine sits alone inside the apartment with a calm look on her face, ending the film with many more questions than answers. Cast Donald Sutherland - Jay Mallory Francine Racette - Celandine David Hemmings - Edward John Hurt - Atkinson David Warner - Burbank Peter Bowles - Jefferies Virginia McKenna - Catherine Christopher Plummer - Deverell Michèle Magny - Melanie Duane Howard - James Robin Sachs - Young Man Additionally, Michael Eric Kramer made his acting debut in this film as Peter. Production Jake Eberts helped raise money for the film when some funds ran out at the last minute. Shot in 1977 in Montreal, this was film producer Garth Drabinsky's first production. According to film critic Jay Scott, Eric Boyd-Perkins originally edited the film; but the version released in Canadian cinemas in 1983 had been re-cut by "film doctor" Fima Noveck, who had "saved any number of other ailing" movies. The film went over budget during filming and the completion guarantor had to step in. Reception Jay Scott dismissed the film as "irredeemably nasty, supremely glossy trash." The film was a box office failure. References Notes External links 1977 films 1970s thriller films British thriller films