Tom Conti

Frustrated housewife/writer Cathy Palmer ghostwrites a story about Rebecca Ryan, a dashing international spy, and wins a trip to Paris. While there, she is involved in an accident, and awakens in the hospital believing she IS Rebecca Ryan. Much craziness ensues as she meets the writer of the Rebecca Ryan books, thwarts real international spies, and eventually gets her memory back.

Set during the grand, sweeping Napoleonic age, an officer in the French army insults another officer and sets off a life-long enmity. The two officers, D'Hubert and Feraud, cross swords time and time again in an attempt to achieve justice and preserve their honor - A Strasburgo, nel 1800, mentre Napoleone è Console, il tenente Gabriel Féraud ferisce gravemente in duello il nipote del sindaco e il gen. Treillard incarica il tenente Armand d'Hubert di notificare al collega gli arresti domiciliari. D'Hubert compie il suo dovere mentre Féraud si trova nel salotto di Madame de Lionne.