Nick Leeson was reported to have taken a share of the seven million pounds sterling that this movie earned worldwide.
Based on Nick Leeson's 1996 book about his time at Barings Bank.
After David Frost interviewed Nick Leeson in prison, he realized the potential for this movie and optioned the rights to the story.
The film takes place in 1995.
One of eight movies available on the 2012, 2-DVD set, "British Cinema Collections: 8 Acclaimed Films". The movies are: Disc 1: Love Among the Ruins (1975), The Inheritance (1997), Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina (1948), and Robert Louis Stevenson's St. Ives (1998). Disc 2: School for Seduction (2004), Dirty Pretty Things (2002), Rogue Trader (1999), and Rowing with the Wind (1988).