Trapped by Fear
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{{Infobox film
| name = Trapped by Fear
| image = Les_distractions1.jpg
| director = Jacques Dupont
| producer = Robert Chabert
Lucien Masson
| story =
| writer = Jean Bassan
(adaptation)
Roger Ribadeau-Dumas
(adaptation)
Jacques Dupont
(adaptation)
Jean Bassan
(dialogue)
| based_on = Jean Bassan (novel)
| starring = Jean Paul Belmondo
Alexandra Stewart
Sylva Koscina
Claude Brasseur
| music = Richard Cornu
| cinematography = Jean-Jacques Rochut
Michel Flour
| editing = Pierre Gillette
| color_process = Black and white
| studio = CEI Incom
France Cinéma Productions
La Société des Films Sirius
Société Française de Cinématographie
| distributor = Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1960|11|04|}}
| runtime = 87 minutes
| country = France
Italy
| language = French
}}
Trapped by Fear (French: Les districtions) is a 1960 French crime film directed by Jacques Dupont and starring Jean Paul Belmondo, Alexandra Stewart, Sylva Koscina and Claude Brasseur.
It had admissions in France of 955,037.[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boxofficestory.com%2Fbox-office-alain-delon-c22669761%2F39&sandbox=1 Box office information about film] at Box Office Story
Plot
A speeding motorist causes an accident and kills an officer. Paul, a rather bohemian reporter-photographer, is called to the scene. The man fled, leaving his passport behind. Paul recognizes Laurent, a paratrooper like him during the Algerian war and who saved his life.
Cast
- Jean-Paul Belmondo as Paul Frapier
- Alexandra Stewart as Véra
- Sylva Koscina as Arabelle
- Claude Brasseur as Laurent Porte
- Eva Damien as Dany
- Mireille Darc as Maïa
- Yves Brainville as Le commissaire de police
- Raymond Pélissier as Himself
- Sady Rebbot as Le photographe de mode (as Sadi Rebot)
- Yves Buscail as Himself
- Georges Hubert as Himself
- Renée Duchateau as Himself
- Noémie Bar-Or as Himself
- Arik Bar-Or as Himself
- Corrado Guarducci as L'ami d'Arabelle
- Linda Sini as La concierge
- Jacques Jouanneau as Maxime
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0053769}}
- [http://www.lefilmguide.com/review/les-distractions-1960.html Trapped by Fear] at Le Film Guide
Category:French crime drama films
Category:French neo-noir films
Category:Films directed by Jacques Dupont
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