At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure as she attempts to rescue an old lover.

Maggie Smith
as Augusta Bertram

Alec McCowen
as Henry Pulling

Louis Gossett Jr.
as Wordsworth

Robert Stephens
as Ercole Visconti

Cindy Williams
as Tooley

Robert Flemyng
as Crowder

José Luis López Vázquez
as Dambreuse

Raymond Gérôme
as Mario

Daniel Emilfork
as Colonel Hakim

Corinne Marchand
as Louise