L’Homme en colère (1979) - film review

Crime / Drama

Summary

When he is informed of the death of his son Julien, Romain Dupré goes to Canada to identify the body. The dead man turns out not be Dupré’s son, but a stranger who, for some reason, is carrying Julien’s identification papers. Dupré soon discovers that his son has been involved in people trafficking, smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States from Canada. The dead man is one of Julien’s latest clients, who died in a shoot-out at a police checkpoint. Currently, Julien is on the run, pursued not only by the police but by gangsters who are determined to recover some money that belongs to them...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)

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Credits

Director: Claude Pinoteau
Script: Jean-Claude Carrière, Charles E. Israel, Claude Pinoteau
Photo: Jean Boffety
Music: Claude Bolling
Cast: Lino Ventura (Romain Dupre), Angie Dickinson (Karen), Laurent Malet (Julien Dupre), Hollis McLaren (Nancy), Donald Pleasence (Albert Pumpelmeyer), Lisa Pelikan (Anne), Chris Wiggins (MacKenzie), R.H. Thomson (Borke), Peter Hicks (Lentini), Sony Forbes (Le boxeur noir), Vlasta Vrana (Le gérant du club), Edouard Carpentier (Portier du club), Aubert Pallascio (Parker)
Country: France
Language: French
Runtime: 105 min
Aka: Jigsaw; The Angry Man

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