Assassination Tango

This movie is Robert Duvall's tribute to tango, which is why he filmed it in Buenos Aires, Argentina, using many real tango dancers and authentic tango locations. Some of the tango celebrity faces you can spot include: Geraldine Rojas and Javiar Rodriguez (Pirucha, sister of Manuela and her first partner), Pablo Veron (Pirucha's final parter in the closing credits), Jorge Dispari and La Turca, Orlanda Paiva, Maria Nieves, Armando Orzuza, Carlos Copello, Alicia Monti, Los Hermanos Macana (two men performing a dance). The club with the checkerboard floor is Club Sin Rumbo, in the outskirt of the city, but a famous barrio for producing excellent tango dancers.

In the dance bar the night before the assignation. John J is given a gift to take back with him to America. This is the video of tango dancing shown at the end of the film while the credits are rolling. When John J leaves the dance bar with the table entourage however, the gift is nowhere to be seen. Given the relative size of it it would be too large to conceal on his person.