Product Notes
Rocco (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and his female accomplice, Angèle (Anne-Maire Coffinet) hijack a truck from a trucking company in the Saharan desert. The head of the trucking company, Castigliano (Gert Frobe, Goldfinger) hires Rocco's friend, Hervé (Lino Ventura) and a newly employed German, Hans (Reginald Kernan) to go after him and bring the back the valuable goods. After the two run into some trouble Castigliano sends a second truck driven by Mitch (Bernard Blier) and Khenouche (Doudou Babet). The great Henri Verneuil (The Sicilian Clan) directed this action-packed adventure in the tradition of Wages of Fear - the uncut director's cut.
Product Reviews
Before Greed in the Sun was released to the States by way of MGM, this French/Italian co-production had made the European rounds under the titles 100,000 Dollars au Soleil and Centomilia Dollare al Sol. As any good linguist can gather, the catalyst for this action melodrama is 100,000 dollars---actually 100,000 dollars worth of guns and ammunition, unknowingly transported to African insurrectionists by truck driver Reginald Kernan. Fellow trucker Jean-Paul Belmondo teams with his girlfriend Andrea Parisy to hijack the shipment. Gert Frobe, head of the trucking company, offers Kernan a large reward for the return of the truck and its contents. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Greed in the Sun (1964) |
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Action / Adventure, Foreign Language & International |
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Action / Adventure |
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30 October 2012 |
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Jean-Paul Belmondo(Rocco), Lino Ventura(Herve Marec), Reginald Kernan(Hans Steiner), Andr a Parisy(Pepa), Bernard Blier(Mitch-Mitch) |
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Henri Verneuil |
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Not Rated |
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DVD |
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324 |
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887090032407 |
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382919X |
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30 October 2012 |
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OLIVE FILMS ( OLFM ) |
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130 |
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1: USA, Canada |
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2.35:1 (Cinemascope), Black and White |
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English |
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Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo, French |
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Discs:1 ~ Format:Ntsc ~ Region:1 |
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Andr a Parisy(Pepa), Anne-Marie Coffinet(Angene Balester), Bernard Blier(Mitch-Mitch), Doudou Babet(Khenouche), Gert Fr be(Castigliano), Henri Lambert(le client de chez Zeze), Jean-Paul Belmondo(Rocco), Lino Ventura(Herve Marec), Pierre Mirat(Halibi), Reginald Kernan(Hans Steiner) |
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Cinematographer:Marcel Grignon, Composer (Music Score):Georges Delerue, Director:Henri Verneuil, Producer:Alain Poir, Producer:Irenee Leriche, Producer:Robert Sussfeld, Screenwriter:Henri Verneuil, Screenwriter:Marcel Jullian, Screenwriter:Michel Audiard |
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