O Xeque Mate

Filming shut down when the production ran out of money. Enough money was eventually raised to finish the movie, but on a reduced scale.

During the early part of the movie (time stamp 3:19) a three vehicle convoy drive to a gate where in the background there is a parked military vehicle. But it is not Soviet made vehicle but belonging to the Swedish Army. It is Volvo C300/ L3314 series off-road 4-wheel light truck mainly used by the Swedish Army. It was sold to Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and Norway. Finnish Army had also some trucks. It was never sold to Russia and was never in use there.

Featured in Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies (2014)