A young man named Jack finds himself alone in a forest, tied by a chain
to a tree as though he were a dog. He does not know why he is
here or if he will ever be allowed to go free. All he can do is
to cast his mind back over the past few days, hoping to find some clue
that could explain his present predicament...
Cast: Julien Courbey (Jack),
Jean-Marie Lamour (L'homme),
Jacques Frantz (Le patron),
Jean-Pierre Kalfon (Le grand patron),
Abel Jafri (Le décontracté),
Alexandre Pesle (L'assistant),
Frédéric Saurel (Le gardien),
Ménélik (Le joueur roulette 1),
Bruno Le Millin (Le joueur roulette 2),
Jeanne Savary (La femme),
François Feroleto (Le frimeur),
Karim Belkhadra (Homme de main 1),
Franck Monsigny (Homme de main 2)
Country: France
Language: French / English
Support: Color (Technicolor)
Runtime: 80 min
Aka:I Want to Be a Gangster
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