Backfire
Cast & Crew
Jean Becker
Jean-paul Belmondo
Jean Seberg
Gert Fröbe
Enrico Maria Salerno
Renate Ewert
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After successfully completing an assignment for a ring of international smugglers, Parisian David Ladislas receives orders to deliver a shipment of gold to Lebanon using a Triumph convertible for transport. Accompanying him is Olga, who apparently has more knowledge of the operation than David. He tries persistently to woo information from her but learns only that the gold is hidden somewhere in the car. Arriving in Beirut, David decides to doublecross the ruthless organization head, Fehrman, and steal the gold for himself despite Olga's objections. They pass customs safely, and, eluding police, travel first to Athens and then to Naples as David attempts to find a buyer for the contraband gold. Fehrman is alerted and traps David, who is forced to drive the car down a steep embankment; the frightened Olga has meanwhile returned to Germany. David tracks down Olga in Bremen, and they await the arrival of the Triumph, which has been loaded aboard a ship. As the vehicle is being unloaded the next day, it catches fire, and the gold, which was coated on in layers under the paint, begins to melt. David and Olga escape as the police retrieve the fortune in melted gold.
Director
Jean Becker
Cast
Jean-paul Belmondo
Jean Seberg
Gert Fröbe
Enrico Maria Salerno
Renate Ewert
Jean-pierre Marielle
Wolfgang Preiss
Fernando Rey
Diana Lorys
Michel Beaune
Roberto Camardiel
Xan Das Bolas
Petar Martinovitch
Margarita Gil
Carmen De Lirio
Fernando Sancho
José Jaspe
Rafael Luis Calvo
M. Furia
Jerzy Macc
Crew
Jean Becker
Daniel Boulanger
Daniel Boulanger
Paul-edmond Decharme
Maurice Fabre
Gregorio García Segura
Constantin Gavras
Didier Goulard
Monique Kirsanoff
Claude Sautet
Jean-paul Schwartz
Edmond Séchan
Martial Solal
Georges Wakhévitch
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Paris opening: September 1964 as Échappement libre; running time: 105 min; Italian title: Scappamento aperto; Spanish title: Escape libre. The screenplay collaboration of Claude Sautet is unconfirmed.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring April 26, 1965
Screenplay collaboration of Claude Sautet is unconfirmed.
Franscope
Released in United States Spring April 26, 1965
