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The
King becomes a pawn in a revolution - but does he really
hold the key to the secret both sides are seeking so
desperately?
Why
should the Government of a South American republic be
so anxious to get Jason King (PETER WYNGARDE)
to its country? The question is a challenge to Jason
after he has rejected a request to go there, made by
the country's cultural attache Delphi Mercia (KATE
O'MARA) in Paris, to receive an award for his book
"Power With No Glory". When an attempt is made to abduct
him, he decides that he will go of his own accord and
receives the award, in the shape of a medallion, in
person from the Minister of Culture, Menendez (PATRICK
WESTWOOD), on behalf of the President, Colonel Cordoba
(CLIFFORD EVANS).
The
reason for the anxiety to get him there in person soon
becomes obvious. Attempts are made to persuade him to
reveal the identity of the person who had given him
information for his book - information which indicates
that Cordoba has embezzled American aid.
Jason
pleads in vain that the story was entirely the creation
of his own imagination. Efforts to make him reveal the
name of the "traitor" are in vain and Cordoba orders
him to be taken to a prison notorious for extracting
confessions. Jason doesn't reach the prison, though.
He is resuced en route by revolutionaries headed by
Rodrigues (ALEX SCOTT) ..... and Delphi Mercia!
They,
too, want him to reveal the source of his information.
With it they could overthrow Cordoba without bloodshed.
Delphi uses her attractive wiles to try to make
him talk, and she is obviously attracted to him. His
insistance that the book was entirely fiction at last
throws doubts into her mind and it becomes clear that
little help can be expected in this direction. The alternative
plan of assassinating
Cordoba must therefore take place, and when lots are
drawn it falls to Delphi to carry out the killing.
It
is only by chance that Jason discovers that Cordoba
is aware of the plan. The medallion presented to him
is, in fact, a miniature radio transmitter. He has been
bugged. But is is too late to reach Delphi. She is already
on her way to keep her assignation with death, walking
into a trap.
Two
can play at the same game, though. Jason turns the tables
on Cordoba by broadcasting false information via the
bugged medallion.......
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