Guns for the Dictator
1965 · Movie · 103 min. · France
Abel Davis is a criminal, hunted in Italy. The police are closing in, so he and his pal Raymond arrange to flee back to France with Abel's wife, Thérèse, and their two young sons. Abel and Raymond commit a brazen robbery to get funds, killing two men; in the escape, more die. Abel arrives in Nice with the boys, calls his pals in Paris, and gets the brush-off. Reluctantly, they send a stranger, Eric Stark, to bring Abel to Paris, but he's getting the message he's on his own. Honor, friendship, and debt now count for little. What can Abel, a wanted man with two small children and only Stark as a friend, do? "Never give ground," he tells Eric, but how long can he hold to his code?
Direction Claude Sautet
Cast Lino Ventura · Sylva Koscina · Alberto de Mendoza · Leo Gordon · Antonio Casas · Antonio Martín · Ángel del Pozo · José Jaspe · Ángel Menéndez · Jean-Claude Bercq · Jack E. Leonard
Soundtrack Eddie Barclay · Michel Colombier
Screenplay Michel Audiard · José Luis Dibildos · Fouli Elia · Michel Lévin · Claude Sautet · Charles Williams
Cinematography Walter Wottitz
Original title L'arme à gauche
Also known as The Dictator's Guns
6.0
85 votes (FilmAffinity)
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