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.

George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.