Magnet of Doom

L'Aîné des Ferchaux

1963·102'

Jean-Pierre Melville

DramaAdventureCrime

French

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Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been implicated in a high-profile fraud.

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo Michel Maudet Charles Vanel Dieudonné Ferchaux Michèle Mercier Lou Stefania Sandrelli Angie, Hitch-Hiker

Malvina Silberberg Lina Barbara Sommers Lou's friend

E.F. Medard Suska Todd Martin Jeff

André Certes Émile Ferchaux Andrex M. Andrei

Jerry Mengo Banker

Delia Kent Prostitute