A downtrodden small-time crook gets a job as bodyguard and chauffeur to an emotionally bruised call girl, whom he gradually falls in love with. She in turn persuades him to help her save a teenage prostitute from her pimp, a goal that leads to conflict with a brutal gangster. Romantic crime thriller, starring Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane and Kate Hardie