Based on
Paul Theroux's Doctor Slaughter,
Half Moon Street is motivated by the moneymaking schemes of the heroine, Ph.D. researcher Laura Slaughter (
Sigourney Weaver).
Stuck in a low-paying government job in London, Laura decides to
increase her bank account by working for what is euphemistically termed
an "escort service." It is understood that her duties go above and
beyond mere hand-holding, and Laura has no problem with this.
Michael Caine
enters the scene as Lord Bulbeck, a high-ranking British diplomat with
whom Laura forms a "special" bond. Little does she know that she is
being set up in a power-grabbing scheme masterminded by oil-rich sheik
Karim Hatami (
Nadim Sawalha).
