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The Magnificent One
Why this pick
Another Philippe de Broca romp, pairing Jean-Paul Belmondo’s athletic comic energy with flamboyant chases, exotic escapism, and a knowingly playful adventure-film sensibility.
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MOVIE1964 1h 52m FRA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
As airman Adrien Dufourquet embarks on an 8-day leave in Paris to see his fiancée Agnès, two South American Indians steal an Amazon statuette from a museum and force Professor Catalan, the curator, into their car. Catalan was the companion of Agnès' father on an Amazon expedition during which her father died. Catalan believes that the statuette is one of three which hold the secret to an Amazon treasure. Adrien arrives in time to see the Indians abducting Agnès, the only one who knows the location of her father's statuette, and he pursues them to the airport where he steals a ticket and boards the same plane.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Pvt. Adrien Dufourquet
Françoise Dorléac
Agnès Villermosa
Roger Dumas
Lebel
Daniel Ceccaldi
Commissaire
Adolfo Celi
Señor Mario De Castro
Lucien Raimbourg
General in wheelchair