The Tailor of Panama
In a place this treacherous, what a good spy needs is a spy of his own.
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress.Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama.The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt.
- Director
- John Boorman
- Worldwide
- $28M
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A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.
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Box Office & Release
The Tailor of Panama returned 1.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $21M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $28M
- Release date
- Feb 11, 2001
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- Ireland, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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