 Cinnamon poses as a psychic as part of a typically complicated plan devised by Briggs. The IMF s target is a U.S. businessman who has fled to South America, where he can t be touched legally. He has taken control of a company that holds patents vital to U.S. security interests. The businessman intends to sell the patents to an intelligence operative of an Eastern Bloc nation. The IMF intends to get control of the company back from the businessman. The plan calls for Rollin to impersonate a gangster, Barney to use slight of hand and the help of a respected judge.