Synopsis
Hector Valentin (Bourvil) returns to France from Canada when he inherits a small sawmill. Laurent (Lino Ventura) is an ex-con who is seeking revenge on the man who ratted him out, and is himself finishing a prison sentence. He talks Hector into participating in a work program for paroled felons, and arranges for his target to be in the group of convicts sent to work at the sawmill. He hopes that the facility's isolation will provide him with an opportunity for murder...
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (22)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Productions Belles Rives, Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC)
- Foreign production company : Alexandra Produzioni Cinematografiche
- French distribution : Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC)
Full credits (20)
- Adaptation : Robert Enrico
- Screenwriter : José Giovanni
- Dialogue Writer : José Giovanni
- Director of Photography : Jean Boffety
- Music Composer : François de Roubaix
- Assistant directors : Pierre Cosson, Antoine Jacquet
- Editor : Jacqueline Meppiel
- Sound Recordist : Robert Biard
- Author of original work : José Giovanni
- Producers : Michel Ardan, René Pignières, Gérard Beytout
- Assistant Operators : Christian Guillouet, Jacques Lefrançois
- Camera Operator : Didier Tarot
- Production Manager : Emile Breysse
- Assistant Editor : Michel Lewin
- Continuity supervisor : Françoise Bettiol
- Production Designer : Jean Saussac
- Foley artist : Daniel Couteau
- Sound Mixer : Jean Nény
- Still Photographer : Henri Thibault
- Location Manager : Jean-Philippe Mérand
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Adventure, Crime/thriller
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Italy, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Box-office & releases
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