A television pilot for ABC that was not picked up.
Filmed in 1992, but not broadcast until 1994. There had been video releases in some regions during late 1993 and early 1994.
The password to enter a Paris spy outpost in "swordfish," a gimmick used in numerous spy movies. It originates in The Marx Brothers vehicle Die Marx Brothers in der Uni (1932), where it gains entry into a speakeasy during American Prohibition.
The character Carlos is based on Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, aka Carlos the Jackal, a Venezuelan murderer-for-hire who was still at large when the movie was released. He was captured in August 1994, and remains in French prison as of 2021.
Diana Rigg's character might be seen as an older version of her Emma Peel from Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone (1961).