Synopsis
Echec au Porteur (Not Delivered) is a nail-biting suspense tale in the Hitchcock manner. The disgruntled protagonist decides to kill an old enemy with a bomb concealed in a football. The bomb is misdelivered, ending up in the hands of a young boy. The rest of the picture is a race against time as the boy innocently plays with his pigskin booby trap. Co-adapted by Noel Calaf from his own novel, Echec au Porteur boasts excellent performances from Jeanne Moreau, Serge Reggiani, Paul Meurisse and Gert Froebe; incredibly, Variety felt that the cast lacked "name value."
Source : allmovie.com
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (24)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Orex Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pathé Films
- French distribution : Les Films Corona
Full credits (13)
- Screenwriters : Noël Calef, Gilles Grangier, Pierre Very
- Director of Photography : Jacques Lemare
- Music Composer : Jean Yatove
- Assistant Director : Pierre Guilbaud
- Editor : Jacqueline Sadoul
- Sound Recordist : René Sarazin
- Author of original work : Noël Calef
- Producer : Lucien Viard
- Assistant Operator : Philippe Brun
- Camera Operator : Georges Pastier
- Production Manager : Paul Joly
- Continuity supervisor : Sylvette Baudrot
- Production Designer : Robert Gys
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Thriller
- Themes : Drugs
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1957
- French release : 15/01/1958
- Runtime : 1 h 26 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 19266
- Visa issue date : 30/12/1957
- Approval : Unknown
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
Box-office & releases
TV broadcasting
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