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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope Joe Kane - 2000 "DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY (1991)*** D: Peter Maris. Bruce Boxleitner, Billy Drago, Tom Breznahan, Meg Foster, Robert Forster, Robert Do'Qui, Ken Foree. 95 mins. (Fries, n.i.d.) Boxleitner toplines as an incensed marine out to nail Bresnahan as the wealthy, psychotic Paraguayan S&M artist (!) who's gotten away with his daughter's murder due to the titular protection. The pursuit picks up in Paraguay, where our hero teams with smuggler Drago, who has his own score to settle. Director ..."
- ↑ FantasticFiction.com: The Stalker
