In a hotel room in Paris, a doctor comes out of the shower and finds that his wife has disappeared. He soon finds himself caught up in a world of intrigue, espionage, gangsters, drugs and murder.
A doctor and his wife go to Paris for a medical conference. While showering, his wife disappears. His lack of language, and the odd way she disappeared makes it nearly impossible for him to find any official help in his search as he enters the punk/drug culture to find out what has happened to her.Written by
John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Harrison Ford also played a surgeon with the first name Richard in the movie version of The Fugitive 5 years after this film. In The Fugitive, he plays Dr. Richard Kimble, a Chicago surgeon on the run after being framed for murdering his wife. In this film, he plays Dr. Richard Walker, a San Francisco surgeon looking for his kidnapped wife in Paris. See more »
Goofs
When Walker is on the roof of the apartment building and the suitcase strap breaks dumping its contents, the Statue of Liberty clearly tumbles over the overhang. In the next shot it is on the overhang on the other side. See more »
It's amazing that people have just forgotten about this movie. Roman Polanski is an amazing director. I had only seen Rosemary's Baby and The Pianist prior to this, the latter being a hundred times better than the former. I was fairly disappointed with Rosemary's Baby. It was dubbed one of the best horror films of all time, and it never ever scared me. Frantic, labelled a thriller, delivers all that it promises to. I was on the edge of my seat for pretty much the whole movie. There was great ambience to all the scenes. Polanski definitely knows how to set a mood. Emannuelle Seigneur was fascinating as Ford's sexy opposite. I was very very impressed with her comic timing and cannot figure out why she hasn't been in anything else after Frantic. Terrific 9/10.
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It's amazing that people have just forgotten about this movie. Roman Polanski is an amazing director. I had only seen Rosemary's Baby and The Pianist prior to this, the latter being a hundred times better than the former. I was fairly disappointed with Rosemary's Baby. It was dubbed one of the best horror films of all time, and it never ever scared me. Frantic, labelled a thriller, delivers all that it promises to. I was on the edge of my seat for pretty much the whole movie. There was great ambience to all the scenes. Polanski definitely knows how to set a mood. Emannuelle Seigneur was fascinating as Ford's sexy opposite. I was very very impressed with her comic timing and cannot figure out why she hasn't been in anything else after Frantic. Terrific 9/10.