Breathless
“He's the last man on earth any woman needs...and every woman wants.”
Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange student. Stealing a car and accidentally killing a highway patrolman, he becomes the most wanted fugitive in L.A.
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Cast
38 people
Richard Gere
Jesse
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Valérie Kaprisky
Monica
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Art Metrano
Birnbaum
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John P. Ryan
Lt. Parmental
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William Tepper
Paul
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Robert Dunn
Sgt. Enright
Garry Goodrow
Berrutti
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Lisa Jane Persky
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James Hong
Grocer
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Waldemar Kalinowski
Tomachoff
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Jack Leustig
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Eugène Lourié
Dr. Boudreaux
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Tales of the Unexpected
Jim McBride Director · L.M. Kit Carson Screenplay François Truffaut Author
Worldwide gross $20M · Budget $7.5M · United States release May 13, 1983
Box office
Budget
$7,500,000
Worldwide gross
$19,910,002
Gross vs. budget
2.7×
Production
Orion Pictures
Production · Studio
Breathless Associates
Production
Miko Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · May 13, 1983
Theatrical
Australia
September 6, 1983 · Theatrical · https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/breathless-5
Brazil
October 28, 1983 · Theatrical
France
June 15, 1983 · Theatrical
Germany
October 27, 1983 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 20, 1984 · Theatrical
South Korea
July 16, 1983 · Theatrical
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