Hit-man Charley Partanna (Jack Nicholson) falls in love with a 'tax consultant' (Kathleen Turner), who in fact turns out to be in the same business as him. Not only that, she represents the interests of a rival Mafia family, a discovery that places Charley in a classic head-versus-heart dilemma. This Oscar-winning black comedy was director John Huston's penultimate film.