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Overview

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Director:
René Clément
Writers:
David Goodis (novel)
Sébastien Japrisot (writer)
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Release Date:
15 September 1972 (France) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
User Comments:
Offbeat Caper Film that Cannot Sustain it's Momentum more (4 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jean-Louis Trintignant ... Tony

Robert Ryan ... Charley
Lea Massari ... Sugar
Aldo Ray ... Mattone
Jean Gaven ... Rizzio
Tisa Farrow ... Pepper
Nadine Nabokov ... Majorette
André Lawrence ... Gypsy chief
Don Arrès ... Mastragos
Louis Aubert ... Renner
Ellen Bahl
Béatrice Belthoise
Jean Coutu ... Inspector
Jean-Marie Lemieux ... Lester
Michel Maillot ... Gypsy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
...and Hope to Die (USA)
La corsa della lepre attraverso i campi (Italy)
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Runtime:
USA:99 min | West Germany:127 min | France:122 min
Country:
France | Italy
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Montréal, Québec, Canada more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Sugar: [nodding towards the handcuffed Tony] Who is he?
Mattone: Somebody about to die.
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Movie Connections:
References C'era una volta il West (1968) more

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2 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Offbeat Caper Film that Cannot Sustain it's Momentum, 28 April 2002
Author: richard winters (rwint) from Chicago, Illinois

Unusual caper film that is hampered by a overall sense of smugness. A group of gangsters decide to proceed with a kidnapping even though their intended victim has already died.

Starts out like a bang with some of the fastest, most well staged, most realistic action you'll ever see. Then it just starts to slow down until it almost comes to a standstill. There is a array of offbeat touches throughout, but even that bag gets empty. The result is a very somber, stilted ending that almost looks like a car running out of gas. Trying to turn it into something 'philosophical' doesn't help. There is enough bizarre, entertaining ingredients already without having to try to make it more than it is.

Ryan is tremendous in one of his last film appearances. Farrow is also fun in her role. At times she looks and sounds almost exactly like her older sister Mia, except for the long hair. Ray seems to be the only drawback here. His broad buffoonery seems out of place in a film that tries so hard to be elusive.

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