Shock Troops (film)

1967 film by Costa-Gavras

  • 5 April 1967 (1967-04-05)
Running time
110 minutesCountriesFrance
ItalyLanguageFrench

Shock Troops (French: Un homme de trop) is a 1967 French-Italian action drama film directed by Costa-Gavras. It was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] Film producer Harry Saltzman has a "presented by" credit.[2]

Plot

Set in central France, the film follows French resistance fighters who press the battle on the Germans. Along the way, they break into a prison and release some German prisoners, but discover there may be a spy planted to flush them all out.

Cast

  • Charles Vanel as Passevin
  • Bruno Cremer as Cazal
  • Jean-Claude Brialy as Jean
  • Michel Piccoli as The Extra Man
  • Gérard Blain as Thomas
  • Claude Brasseur as Groubec
  • Jacques Perrin as Kerk
  • François Périer as Moujon
  • Claude Brosset as Ouf
  • Pierre Clémenti as Lucian
  • Michel Creton as Solin
  • Paolo Fratini as Philippe
  • Julie Dassin as Girl
  • Nino Segurini as Lecocq
  • Marc Porel as Octave

References

  1. ^ "5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. ^ American Film Institute (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Volume 1, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 981. ISBN 9780520209701.
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