Synopsis
Aldo, a middle-aged adventurer, seeks to make his fortune by working in a gold mine in Canada. One day, the mineworkers are attacked and all but wiped out by a group of armed bandits who intend to steal their gold. Only Aldo and two Canadian Indians survive the massacre, and in return they kill the bandits. The trio decide to run off with the gold. Suspecting his new allies are about to double-cross him, Aldo drives off without them, but he then loses the gold whilst crossing a river. Determined to recover the gold, Aldo returns to his former home in Montreal and tries to persuade his friends to help him. His best friend Gérard, a former motorcar-racing driver who lost the use of his legs in an accident, agrees to give his support, along with his wife, Éléonore and another friend John. Unfortunately, the two Indians whom Aldo betrayed have not given up the gold either…
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producers : Parma Films, Films Christian Fechner
- Foreign production company : Corporation Image M&M
- Film exports/foreign sales : StudioCanal Films Limited
- French distribution : AMLF
Full credits (23)
- Executive Producer : Bernard Artigues
- Screenwriter : José Giovanni
- Director of Photography : Jean-Paul Schwartz
- Music Composer : Ennio Morricone
- Assistant Director : Jean-Patrick Constantini
- Editors : Jacqueline Thiedot, Yves Chaput
- Sound recordists : Alain Curvelier, Patrick Rousseau
- Costume designers : Jean Zay, Annie Périer
- Author of original work : José Giovanni
- Producers : Christian Fechner, Bernard Artigues, Lino Ventura
- Sound assistants : Véronique Gabillaud, Thierry Sabatier
- Assistant Operators : Yves Angelo, Michel Girard
- Camera Operator : Michel Deloire
- Production Manager : Henri Brichetti
- Press Attaché (film) : Marie-Josée Di Tullio
- Assistant Editor : Catherine Peltier
- Continuity supervisor : Annie Maurel
- Production Designers : Willy Holt, Gérard Viard
- Foley artist : Jean-Pierre Lelong
- Stunt performer : Patrick Cauderlier
- Sound Mixer : Jacques Maumont
- Still Photographer : Dominique Le Strat
- Location Manager : Bernard Vaillant
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Action , Adventure
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Canada, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Box-office & releases
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