Synopsis
After taking some illicit photos for a new story he is working on, Eddie (Eddie Constantine) is coerced into doing a job for the French Secret Service. There is a mole in the French missile sites who is passing on classified information, and Eddie is enlisted as bait to draw the culprit -- or culprits -- out. Along the way, he finds himself running for his life, fighting, and romancing until the final denouement.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (10)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producers : Paris Overseas Films, Arès Production
- French distribution : Cocinor
Full credits (11)
- Adaptation : Pierre Grimblat
- Screenwriters : Claude De Givray, François Truffaut, Pierre Grimblat
- Dialogue Writer : Pierre Grimblat
- Director of Photography : Michel Kelber
- Music Composer : Michel Legrand
- Editor : Françoise Javet
- Sound recordists : William-Robert Sivel, Marcel Royné
- Author of original work : Jean-Michel Sorel
- Producers : Sacha Kamenka, Georges Bouvier
- Production Manager : Philippe Senne
- Production Designer : Jacques Chalvet
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Film noir, Comedy
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1961
- French release : 26/07/1961
- Runtime : 1 h 30 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 21426
- Visa issue date : 18/04/1961
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Mono