Two to Tango

{{for|the idiom|It takes two to tango}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Two to Tango | image = Two to Tango poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Héctor Olivera | producer = Roger Corman Alejandro Sessa | writer = Yolande Turner José Pablo Feinmann Beverly Gray (additional dialogue) | based_on = {{Based on|''Last Days of the Victim''|José Pablo Feinmann}} | starring = Don Stroud Adrianne Sachs Duilio Marzio Michael Cavanaugh Alberto Segado | music = Óscar Cardozo Ocampo | cinematography = Leonardo Rodríguez Solís | editing = Eduardo López | studio = Aries Cinematográfica Argentina New Horizons Picture | distributor = Aries Cinematográfica Argentina Concorde Pictures | released = {{Film date|1989|2|1|df=yes}} | runtime = 87 minutes | country = Argentina United States | language = English Spanish | budget = | gross = }} '''''Two to Tango''''', also known as '''''Matar es morir un poco''''' ({{langx|en|"To Kill is To Die a Little"}}), is a 1989 American-Argentine suspense film directed by Héctor Olivera and based on the novel ''Last Days of the Victim'' by José Pablo Feinmann, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It was one in a number of ten movies Roger Corman produced in Argentina during the 1980s.<ref name="arg">[https://muse.jhu.edu/article/170449 Falicov, Tamara L. "U.S.-Argentine Co-productions, 1982-1990: Roger Corman, Aries Productions, "Schlockbuster" Movies, and the International Market." Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies, vol. 34 no. 1, 2004, pp. 31-38. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/flm.2004.0015]</ref><ref>Videos good antidote to Valentine sentiments: [Final Edition]. Levy, Joanne. Calgary Herald; Calgary, Alta. [Calgary, Alta]12 Feb 1989: E3.</ref>

==Plot== A hitman who wishes to leave his line of work is tasked by his agency with killing one final target in Buenos Aires, but the situation becomes complicated when he falls in love with his target's lover and asks her to flee to Nepal with him.

==Cast== * Don Stroud ... James Conrad * Adrianne Sachs ... Cecilia Lorca * Duilio Marzio ... Paulino Velasco * Michael Cavanaugh ... Dean Boyle * Alberto Segado ... Lorenzo 'Lucky' Lara * Francisco Cocuzza ... Carlos Pino * Golde Flami ... Hilda Levin * Nathán Pinzón ... Morelos * Juan José Ghisalberti ... Joseph Levin * Ricardo Hamlin ... Bates * Jose Luis Cabrera ... Tango Dancer * Pablo Novak ... Sergio * Adriana Salonia ... Adela * Ana Maria Vita ... Boarder 1 at Levin's Hotel * Alejandra De Luiggi ... Boarder 2 at Levin's Hotel * Flávia Aberg Cobo ... Airline Attendant 1 * Maria Fournery ... Airline Attendant 2 * Armando Capo ... Angelo * Ricardo Fasan ... Paolo Basso (as Ricardo Fassan) * Lilian Rinar ... Blonde Woman * Gianni Fiore ... Customs Employee (as Gianni Fiori) * Daniel Ripari ... Bodyguard 1 * Arturo Noal ... Bodyguard 2 * Rubén Bermúdez ... Bodyguard 3 * Nestor Cannichio ... Lara's Driver

==Production== The film was based on the novel ''Ultimas dias de la victima'', by Argentine screenwriter, philosopher and novelist Jose Pablo Feinmann. The book was adapted as a movie for the first time in the Argentinian film ''Últimos días de la víctima'' (1982).

The story was totally rewritten by a U.S. screenwriter, Yolanda Finch (Yolande Turner), together with Feinmann, for a North American audience.<ref name="arg"/>

==Reception== ''Variety'' called it "uneven".<ref>{{cite book|year=1991|title=Variety's film reviews 1989-1990|publisher=R.R. Bowker|chapter=Two to Tango|page=22 February 1989|isbn=978-0-8352-3089-6 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/varietysfilmrevi0021unse/page/n53/mode/1up?}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0096325}}

Category:1989 films Category:1989 crime thriller films Category:1989 drama films Category:Argentine thriller films Category:English-language Argentine films Category:Films set in Buenos Aires Category:American thriller films Category:1989 English-language films Category:1989 American films Category:Films directed by Héctor Olivera Category:1989 Argentine films Category:English-language crime thriller films Category:Films produced by Roger Corman Category:Concorde Pictures films