Film Synopsis
One evening, on the coast of Libya, Valentin, an arms smuggler, saves the life of a young British officer named Basil whose aeroplane has been shot down at sea. Valentin has an urgent business engagement and advises Basil to head south, to where the British troops are based on Italian soil. Basil instead chooses to follow Valentin to a hotel where he asks to spend the night. A party of Italian soldiers arrive, looking for Basil. They are about to take Valentin away when the English officer opens fire and kills one of the Italians. The two men manage to escape, thanks to Lorene, the wife of the Swiss consul. With Basil and Valentin concealed in her car, she will make an attempt to pass a German roadblock...© James Travers
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Film Credits
- Director: Philippe de Broca
- Script: Philippe de Broca, Jean-Loup Dabadie
- Cinematographer: René Mathelin
- Music: Michel Legrand
- Cast: Marlène Jobert (Lorène), Michel Piccoli (Valentin), Michael York (Basil), Louis Velle (Paul-Émile), Amidou (Ali), Didi Perego (Woman), Jean Bouise (L'homme de la terrasse), Gene Moyle (Le major anglais), Alan Scott (Officier anglais de l'avion), Hans Verner (Major Becker), Tano Cimarosa (Un soldat italien sur la plage), Umberto D'Orsi (Major Bruzzalini), Salvatore Ricciardella (Ambrosio), Ugo Fangareggi (L'adjoint), Luca Sportelli (Colombani), Leopoldo Trieste (Le sergent du fort), Luigi Bonos (Un soldat italien sur la plage), Alexandre Mnouchkine (L'homme en vélo-taxi), Tiberio Murgia (Giuseppe), Ernesto Colli
- Country: France / Italy
- Language: French
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 116 min
- Aka: Touch and Go
The Golden Age of French cinema
The very best of the French New Wave
The brighter side of Franz Kafka
