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Initial release 1964 | 6.3/10 IMDb Produced by Paul-Edmond Decharme | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Screenplay by Jean BeckerMaurice FabreDidier GoulardLuis MarquinaClaude SautetdialogueDaniel Boulanger Based on the novel by Clet Coroner Starring Jean-Paul BelmondoJean SebergEnrico Maria Salerno Music by Grégorio García SéguraMartial Solal Cast Jean‑Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Enrico Maria Salerno Similar Jean-Paul Belmondo movies, Action movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Backfire (French: Échappement libre, Italian: Scappamento aperto, Spanish: A escape libre) is a 1964 French crime film directed by Jean Becker, which stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, reuniting for the first time since Breathless (1960).
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Plot
A criminal organisation offers a Parisian man, David, $10,000 to transport a car across Europe. They tell him little about it except that drugs are not involved. He is accompanied by a photographer Olga.
David discovers he is smuggling gold. The two travel to Beirut then Damascus. They fall in love and David wants the gold for himself.
Cast
Production
The film was made by the same team who had produced Banana Peel (1963).
It was to have starred Jean Louis Trintignant but he withdrew and was replaced by Belmondo.
Filming took place from February 10 to April 7, 1964. Costa Gravas was an assistant director.
Reception
The film was the 19th most popular movie at the French box office in 1964.