The Viscount


1h 38m 1967

Film Details

Also Known As
AVENTURAS DEL VIZCONDE, Atraco al hampa, Le vicomte règle ses comptes
Genre
Adaptation
Crime
Thriller
Release Date
Jan 1967
Premiere Information
New York opening: 10 May 1967
Production Company
C. C. M.; Criterion Film; Franca Film; Producciones Cinematografica D. I. A.; Senior Cinematografica
Distribution Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
Country
France
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Bonne mesure by Jean Bruce (Paris, 1953).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 38m

Synopsis

Viscount Clint de la Roche, a playboy insurance detective vacationing in Spain with his assistant, Billette, is called to Paris to investigate a $2 million bank robbery. Also taken in the robbery was a large quantity of opium stored in safe deposit boxes by Ricco Barone, a deported New Jersey gangster. The Viscount discovers that shortly before the robbery the bank president had spent a weekend with a stripteaser, Tania, who has since been murdered. The Viscount visits her roommate, Lili, and confirms his suspicions that the man responsible for the robbery is Tania's lover, international thief Marco Demoigne. Eventually, Barone contacts the Viscount in an attempt to recover the opium. With the cooperation of the American and French narcotics bureaus, the Viscount arranges a meeting between the rival gangs of Barone and Marco. The encounter explodes into violence as the two leaders attempt to double-cross each other, and all the gangsters are either gunned down or arrested. The Viscount collects his reward money and resumes his vacation--this time with Lili.

Film Details

Also Known As
AVENTURAS DEL VIZCONDE, Atraco al hampa, Le vicomte règle ses comptes
Genre
Adaptation
Crime
Thriller
Release Date
Jan 1967
Premiere Information
New York opening: 10 May 1967
Production Company
C. C. M.; Criterion Film; Franca Film; Producciones Cinematografica D. I. A.; Senior Cinematografica
Distribution Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
Country
France
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Bonne mesure by Jean Bruce (Paris, 1953).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 38m

Quotes

Trivia

Notes

Opened in Paris in March 1967 as Le Vicomte règle ses comptes at 90 and 100 min (also Les aventures du Vicomte); in Madrid in August 1967 as Atraco al hampa at 93 min (also Las aventuras del Vizconde); in Italy as The Viscount, furto alla banca mondiale. Edmond O'Brien plays Ricco Barone in the English version; Folco Lulli plays the role in the foreign language version. Jane Fleming is a pseudonym for Silvia Sorente. Registered for copyright by Omnia Deutsche Film Export and Waterview Productions.

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1967

dubbed

Techniscope

Released in United States 1967