ROOM 36
Year: 2002
UK: Ivory Tower Entertainment
Cast: Paul Herzberg, Brian Murphy, Portia Booroff, Norman Mitchell, Frank Scantori, John Cater, John Forbes-Robertson, Nicola Branson, Darby Hawker
Director: Jim Groom
Country: UK
UK: 91 mins
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language, violence and sex
UK Release Date: 16 September 2005 (Limited Release - London)
Synopsis
In a cheap hotel in Paddington await two men: in room 36, Mister Armstrong (Frank Scantori), a travelling lingerie salesman, prepares for the arrival of a prostitute (Nicola Branson). In room 38, Mister Connor (Paul Herzberg), a professional hit man, awaits the arrival of Miss Woods (Portia Booroff), a traitorous MP delivering classified information. Unbeknown to Woods, her defection has been discovered: Connor's objective is to retrieve the microfilm - and kill her.
Opposite Connor's room, an arguing couple's fight results in his door number being damaged - it now also reads 36. The prostitute arrives, inadvertently entering Connor's room; he presumes her to be Woods. When she becomes too friendly, the mistake is exposed - Connor shoots her and bundles the body under the bed.
Woods arrives, but before Connor can obtain the microfilm, the prostitute's body is revealed. Managing to flee, Woods seeks refuge in Armstrong's room. Mistaking her for the prostitute, Armstrong forces himself upon her - resulting in his violent death. With Woods discovering she's Iost the microfilm and Connor determined to find and kill her, a deadly battle of wits ensues...