Breaking It Up (The Great Chase)
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Production year1967
French release02/10/1968
Runtime
1h 38m
Synopsis
Frankie and his friends open a nightclub above the lair of Morelli, a notorious gangster. The latter is planning the heist of the century and resents the noise made by the young people enjoying themselves above him. In the end, Morelli decides to use whatever means necessary to drive the noisemakers away. The scheme appears to be thwarted when one of the gangster’s old enemies turns up and offers to protect the nightclub from the egregious Morelli...
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Director (1)
Actors (26)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Consortium Financier de Production de Films (CFPF), Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC), Finistère Films
- Foreign production company : United Pictures
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producers : Jean Kerchner, François Harispuru
- Screenwriters : Christian Plume, John Berry, Guy Lionel
- Dialogue Writer : John Berry
- Director of Photography : Raymond Letouzey
- Music Composers : Mickey Jones, Johnny Hallyday, Eddie Vartan
- Editor : Gilbert Natot
- Sound Recordist : Séverin Frankiel
- Production Manager : Jean Kerchner
- Continuity supervisor : Lily Hargous
- Production Designer : Pierre Guffroy
- Stunt performers : Rémy Julienne, Yvan Chiffre
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Action
- Themes : Music
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Italy)
- Production year : 1967
- French release : 02/10/1968
- Runtime : 1 h 38 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 33363
- Visa issue date : 10/07/1968
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : Mono
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Director John Berry went to court to keep his name off the credits after Jean Kerchbron re-edited the film without the director's consent. Neither Berry's name nor that of co-scripter Christian Plume were credited in the final release.
