Without Warning (1973)
"Sans sommation" (original title)

A discredited police inspector is given a second chance, in the form of a dangerous assignment. Chosen because of his uncanny resemblance to a Lt. Revere, the inspector impersonates him in ... See full summary »

Director:

Bruno Gantillon

Writers:

Bruno Gantillon (adaptation), Roberto Infascelli (Italian version),

Stars:

Maurice Ronet, Bruno Cremer, Mario Adorf

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Maurice Ronet	...	Raoul Maury
Bruno Cremer	...	L'ex-sergent Donetti
Mario Adorf	...	L'ex-commandant Pierre Capra
Anny Duperey	...	Cora
Georges Staquet	...	Un flic
Michel Bertay
Marc Mazza	...	Un membre de la bande d'anciens mercenaires
Jacques Monod	...	Le député
Marina Malfatti	...	Isabelle Maury
Giacomo Furia
Renato Romano	...	L'inspecteur principal Gérard Louvel
Jean Luisi
Solange Pradel
Jean-Marie Ory

Storyline

A discredited police inspector is given a second chance, in the form of a dangerous assignment. Chosen because of his uncanny resemblance to a Lt. Revere, the inspector impersonates him in order to penetrate a jungle camp belonging to a soldier of fortune friendly with Revere. He is then to assassinate Revere's friend.

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Plot Keywords:

police | female nudity

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

France West Germany Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

15 February 1973 (France)

Also Known As:

Without Appeal

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sofracima, Primex, Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

User Reviews

Excellent neo film noir

"Sans Sommation" is one of the movies classified as neo noir -movies which started to show up after the Hollywood golden age. 70's were the time when the dark movie landed to Europe and among Francois Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Melville - just to mention a couple - some other smaller directors made their versions of the moody atmospheric stories.

Bruno Gantillon's adaption is very faithful detective story where an old detective gets a new chance as he's been stuck between a bottle and bored wife for a long time. The writing is good and Gantillon successfully finds the old dark times mixed with some political lightning. The final conclusion is almost perfect, pure genre movie.