Never leave vengeance to amateurs.
Josselin Beaumont, a French secret agent, is tasked with assassinating Njala, the president for life of Malawi in Africa. A shift in French policy means that assassinating Njala is no longer an option. But instead of recalling their agent, high-ranking officials deliberately sacrifice Beaumont by handing him over to the Malawian authorities. Arrested, tried, and imprisoned, he nevertheless manages to escape. Back in Paris after a two-year absence, he informs his superiors through Colonel Martin that he will fulfill his contract during Njala’s upcoming official visit to Paris between the 12th and 15th of this month, and that he has a few scores to settle with the D.G.S.E. The question is, should Beaumont be stopped or not?
ActionAdventureThrillerprisonsniperhomeless personhusband wife relationshipparis, franceafricaintelligencesecret agentprison escapeloverevengepolitical assassination
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, grave and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Jean-Paul BelmondoCommandant Joss Beaumont
- Robert HosseinCommissaire Rosen
- Elisabeth MargoniJeanne Baumont, épouse de Joss
- Jean-Louis RichardColonel Martin
- Jean DesaillyMinistre
- Michel BeauneCapitaine Édouard Valeras
- Cyrielle ClairAlice Ancelin
- Pierre VernierSalvatore Volfoni
- Marie-Christine DescouardDoris Frederiksen, pute présidentielle de Mme Claude
- Bernard-Pierre DonnadieuL'inspecteur Farges
Crew
- Georges LautnerDirector
- Georges LautnerScreenplay
- Michel AudiardScreenplay
- Jacques AudiardWriter
- Patrick AlexanderNovel
- Henri DecaëDirector of Photography
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
- Michelle DavidEditor
- Alain BelmondoProducer
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