Cent mille dollars au soleil (1964)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Henri Verneuil

Writers:

Michel Audiard (writer)
Marcel Jullian (writer)

Release Date:

17 April 1964 (France)

Genre:

Adventure | Action | Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel | Number In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Rocco
Lino Ventura	...	Hervé Marec dit 'Le plouc'
Reginald Kernan	...	John Steiner alias Peter Frocht
Bernard Blier	...	Mitch-Mitch
Andréa Parisy	...	Pepa
Gert Fröbe	...	Castigliano dit 'La betterave'
Anne-Marie Coffinet	...	Angèle
Doudou Babet	...	Khenouche
Pierre Mirat	...	Halibi dit 'le sourdingue'
Henri Lambert	...	Robert, le client de chez Zeze
Pierre Collet	...	Un employé de Castigliano
Christian Brocard
Paul Bonifas
Jackie Blanchot
Louis Bugette		(as Bugette)

Also Known As:

Centomila dollari al sole (Italy)
100 milionów dolarów w sloncu (Poland) [pl]
100.000 Dollar in der Sonne (West Germany) [de]
100.000 dollaria auringossa (Finland) [fi]
100.000 dollaria ston ilio (Greece) [el]
100000 dolaru na slunci (Czechoslovakia: Czech title) [cs]
Cien mil dólares al sol (Spain) [es]
Slyngler under solen (Denmark) [da]

Runtime:

France:130 min | Spain:118 min | USA:122 min | West Germany:108 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:6 (re-rating) (2006) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Marrakech, Morocco

Company:

Gaumont Distribution

Trivia:

No. 7 grossing movie of the year in France.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ça n'arrive qu'à moi (1985)

« When 250 lbs. guys are talking, 120 lbs. guys listen!!!"

A classic, comedic chase movie starring the finest french actors from the 60's and a legendary Bond villain, no less !

The movie follows Marec (Lino Ventura), a truck driver sent by his boss (Gert Fröbe) to track down through the Morroccan desert a reckless youngster (Jean-Paul Belmondo) who stole a brand-new truck and its payload. Riddled with bad luck, Marec will face the dangers of the desert, as well as a fishy partner, and a reluctant, misogynist tow-truck helper (the hilarious Bernard Blier) until the climactic fight.

An excellent 60's French action-comedy, complete with great music, perfect direction by Henri Verneuil ("Le Casse", "Un singe en hiver", "La bataille de San Sebastian", "Le corps de mon ennemi") and hilarious dialogues by Michel Audiard. Reminds a lot of Peckinpah's "Convoy" (1978). It doesn't take itself seriously, and however reveals a lot about the times, the misogynistic and somewhat imperialistic nature of the French in Northern Africa during the early 60's. And even if the characters are sometimes real morons, in the end of the day you really root for them.