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Échec au porteur

  • 1958
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
184
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Échec au porteur (1958)
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After resolving to start a new life with his girlfriend Jacqueline, Bastien Sassey decides to give up working as a courier for drugs traffickers. So that he and Jacqueline can make a fresh s... Read allAfter resolving to start a new life with his girlfriend Jacqueline, Bastien Sassey decides to give up working as a courier for drugs traffickers. So that he and Jacqueline can make a fresh start he agrees to take on one more job for a large sum of cash, but he betrays his employe... Read allAfter resolving to start a new life with his girlfriend Jacqueline, Bastien Sassey decides to give up working as a courier for drugs traffickers. So that he and Jacqueline can make a fresh start he agrees to take on one more job for a large sum of cash, but he betrays his employer.

  • Director
    • Gilles Grangier
  • Writers
    • Noël Calef
    • Pierre Véry
    • Gilles Grangier
  • Stars
    • Paul Meurisse
    • Jeanne Moreau
    • Serge Reggiani
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    184
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gilles Grangier
    • Writers
      • Noël Calef
      • Pierre Véry
      • Gilles Grangier
    • Stars
      • Paul Meurisse
      • Jeanne Moreau
      • Serge Reggiani
    • 2User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Échec au porteur (1958)
    Jeanne Moreau and Serge Reggiani in Échec au porteur (1958)
    Jeanne Moreau and Serge Reggiani in Échec au porteur (1958)
    Paul Meurisse, Jeanne Moreau, and Serge Reggiani in Échec au porteur (1958)
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    Paul Meurisse
    Paul Meurisse
    • Le commissaire divisionnaire Varzeilles
    Jeanne Moreau
    Jeanne Moreau
    • Jacqueline Tourieu
    Serge Reggiani
    Serge Reggiani
    • Bastien Sassey
    Simone Renant
    Simone Renant
    • Denise Giraucourt
    Robert Porte
    • L'inspecteur Detourbe
    Fernand Sardou
    • Monsieur Arpaillargues
    Bernard Lajarrige
    Bernard Lajarrige
    • L'inspecteur Le Crocq
    Christian Fourcade
    • Jules dit Julot
    Frédéric Atger
    • Bernard Arpaillargues
    Bertrand Borie
    • Claude Giraucourt
    Amy Colin
    • Madame Vagues - la concierge
    Hélène Tossy
    • Madame Arpaillargues
    Fanny Mauve
    • La dame du terrain vague
    Claude Albers
    • Hélène
    Marie-Claire Verlène
    • Thérèse
    • (as Marie-Claire Verléne)
    Henriette Monfraix
    • Suzanne
    Louis Arbessier
    • Le chirurgien Bailleul -
    Lucien Hubert
    • Truffier
    • Director
      • Gilles Grangier
    • Writers
      • Noël Calef
      • Pierre Véry
      • Gilles Grangier
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    • Trivia
      Ingrid Harrisson's debut.
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      References Othello (1951)

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    7/10
    The ball chase.
    At my time of writing,"échec au porteur" has a very low rating.It's too bad:people who 'll give it a chance will not be disappointed.Gilles Grangier's fifties movies are almost all worthwhile.

    Okay the gangsters side -with Gert "Goldfinger" Froebe- as the leader is conventional.But all that remains is original:first of all,Serge Reggiani,the star,disappears very early in the story.Then the hero becomes a ball(you read well) which contains a bomb which is to explode around 10PM.A child takes it,then he is sent to hospital( and he wants to keep his ball with him).Captain Paul "Diabolique" Meurisse has got to find back the thing.A lot of characters are involved including Jeanne Moreau as Régianni's love.

    Recalls sometimes that Hitchcock short "Bang!You're dead!" where Bill()y Mumy played with a true revolver.

    The last sequence,when the ball almost becomes a living thing,is worthy of a film noir master.
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    • dbdumonteil
    • Sep 4, 2005

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    • Release date
      • January 15, 1958 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Not Delivered
    • Filming locations
      • Brittany, France
    • Production company
      • Orex Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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