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Director:
Geoffrey Reeve
Writers:
Alistair MacLean (novel)
Paul Wheeler (screenplay)
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Release Date:
16 August 1974 (Sweden) more
Tagline:
Guns of Navarone - Where Eagles Dare - When Eight Bells Toll - AND NOW... [UK Theatrical]
Plot:
American Neil Bowman is traveling through France when he meets British photographer Lila. They are hired... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Like A Bunch of Film-Makers Went on Holiday to France and Made a Movie in their Spare Time. more (7 total)

Cast

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David Birney ... Bowman

Charlotte Rampling ... Lila
Michael Lonsdale ... Duc de Croyter (as Michel Lonsdale)
Marcel Bozzuffi ... Czerda
Michael Bryant ... Zuger
Serge Marquand ... Ferenc
Marianne Eggerickx ... Cecile
Françoise Brion ... Stella
Vania Vilers ... Vania
Manitas De Plata ... Ricardo
Jean-Pierre Cargol ... Jules
Jean-Pierre Castaldi ... Pierre
Jean Michaux ... Waiter
Alan Scott ... Receptionist
Jean-Yves Gautier ... Gendarme (as Jean-Yves Gauthier)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Alistair Maclean's Caravan to Vaccares (UK) (complete title)
Le passager (France)
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Runtime:
USA:98 min
Country:
UK | France
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:15 (video rating) | UK:AA (original rating) | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:16
Company:
Crowndale Holdings Ltd. more

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Like A Bunch of Film-Makers Went on Holiday to France and Made a Movie in their Spare Time., 13 July 2007
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Author: MetalMiike from England

It's weird, this film; you get the impression that the makers of this snooze-fest spent more time in the local bars than on set. In fact, it's a surprise not to see Harry Alan Towers' name on the credits; it certainly has the flavour of one of his tax-shelter productions but here the motivation behind the project seems to be for all involved to enjoy a prolonged stay in Provence. Despite the fact that the film is supposed to take place all over the region, Les Baux and the area around it stands in for almost everything.

David Birney makes for a spectacularly colourless hero - as Michael Lonsdale says at one point "you're a walking cliché". What Lonsdale is doing in this is anyone's guess. For some reason, the most interesting character, played by Rampling, is sidelined, whereas, regardless of the book, she should have been the central figure because she clearly has the skill to carry the movie (which would have been dull anyway, but at least we'd have got more of something pretty to look at).

All in all a pointless affair that is only worth watching to see how action-less an action movie can be.

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