Flashpoint Mexico (TV Movie 1987)

Flashpoint Mexico: Directed by Roger Young. With Audrey Hepburn, Robert Wagner, Patrick Bauchau, Jerry Orbach. Romantic mystery-heist story about a baroness and concert pianist who is forced to steal some priceless Faberge eggs and deliver them to ransom her kidnapped fiancé in Latin America.

“This film was made for television and the night it first aired it had great ratings for viewers, because Audrey Hepburn was in it (one of her, by then, very rare appearances). The critics disliked the whole thing, but apparently because of their fondness for Miss Hepburn they neu0026#39;er said a critical thing about her in their reviews.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWell, I saw the film recently and I thought it was pretty good, as far as television movies go. Sure, she looked older than she had in u0026#39;Robin And Marionu0026#39;. She was older. But she still retained some degree of her on-screen charm unmatched by any other actor. I truly enjoyed the film for all the minutes that she graced the screen, and they kept the camera trained on her quite a bit.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis film was touted as a u0026#39;Charadeu0026#39; type sort of comedy/caper involving some stolen Fabergé Eggs. What ensues is a tale typical of a Hepburn caper vehicle, with Robert Wagner thrown in to boot. I never liked Wagner until I saw this. He actually was quite a leading man, and although aging, he held his own as far as charm and sophistication went. He and Hepburn should have teamed up much earlier than this flick.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat a wonderful ,caring person, Audrey to appear in this film (according to some biographers she may have agreed to do it so that her long-time agent Kurt Frings, who was now ailing, could collect his $75,000 fee from her). This was her last u0026#39;feature starring roleu0026#39; and one of only a trio of television drama appearances. I was lucky enough to see this one, now Iu0026#39;m praying that they release u0026#39;Mayerlingu0026#39; on DVD soon.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you get a chance you must check this one out. Itu0026#39;s a fun film, not meant to be an Emmy chaser. Just good Oleu0026#39; clean fun.”