The Big Shots / The Hell Below
A Feature film of
Produced by
Production year1972
French release01/11/1972
Runtime
1h 40m
Synopsis
The story of an ill-fated quartet of burglars and hoodlums. Two older burglars, near retirement, dream of making one last big heist. One of them has a daughter, whom he has tried to keep away from his business. Still, when she falls in love with a young thug, her father feels he must help the young man. He shows him the ropes as best he can, and brings him along on a bank job. One of the older men is killed, and the boy is captured. The girl helps him escape from jail, with unfortunate results.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (30)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Productions Belles Rives
- Film exports/foreign sales : The Bureau Sales
- French distribution : Parafrance
Full credits (11)
- Adaptation : Robert Enrico
- Screenwriters : Pierre Pelegri, José Giovanni
- Dialogue Writer : Pierre Pelegri
- Music Composer : François de Roubaix
- Editor : Eva Zora
- Sound Recordist : William-Robert Sivel
- Author of original work : M.G. Braun
- Producer : Michel Ardan
- Production Manager : Gérard Crosnier
- Assistant editor : Nadine Muse
- Production Designers : Max Douy, Serge Douy
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Adventure
- Themes : Criminality
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1972
- French release : 01/11/1972
- Runtime : 1 h 40 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 40089
- Visa issue date : 25/10/1972
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Mono
