Summary
Whilst serving time for kidnapping a child, Simon Duroc succeeds in
escaping from prison. Pursued by the police, the once
celebrated gangster takes refuge in a cinema where, with the help of a
young woman in the audience, he evades capture. The woman invites
Simon to stay with her at her home, and he accepts. Determined to
take revenge against the man who was responsible for his arrest, Simon
wastes no time in looking up his former associates and is soon resuming
his career of crime...
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Credits
- Director: Claude Lelouch
- Script: Claude Lelouch, Claude Pinoteau, Pierre Uytterhoeven
- Photo: Claude Lelouch
- Music: Francis Lai
- Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant (Simon Duroc dit ’le Suisse’), Danièle Delorme (Janine), Charles Gérard (Charlot), Christine Lelouch (Martine), Yves Robert (Le commissaire), Judith Magre (Mme Gallois), Aldo Maccione (Aldo Ferrari), Paul Le Person (Le faussaire), Amidou (Bill), Gérard Sire (Le maire), Jacques Doniol-Valcroze (Le banquier), Gabriella Giorgelli (L’italienne), Luciano Pigozzi, Mimmo Palmara, Pierre Zimmer (Martine’s Husband), Charles Denner (Monsieur Gallois), Sacha Distel (Himself), Alexandra Mnouchkine
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 120 min
- Aka: Simon the Swiss; The Crook
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