The Inheritor
6.2
After his father is killed in a plane crash, Bart Cordell returns back home to France to claim his inheritance: to lead the industrial empire his father built. But when a prostitute tries to set him up for a drug smuggling charge, he is forced to accept that his father may have been assassinated and that the killers are out to get him as well...
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Cast
32 people
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Bart Cordell
Known for
Breathless
Pierrot le Fou
Carla Gravina
Liza Rocquencourt
Known for
Big Deal on Madonna Street
The Antichrist
Jean Rochefort
Le nonce (André Berthier)
Known for
Mr. Bean's Holiday
The Count of Monte Cristo
Charles Denner
David Loweinstein
Known for
The Man Who Loved Women
The Night Caller
Jean Desailly
Jean-Pierre Carnavan
Known for
The Soft Skin
Le Doulos
Jean Martin
Mgr. Schneider
Known for
The Battle of Algiers
The King and the Mockingbird
Maurice Garrel
Brayen
Known for
A Heart in Winter
Kings & Queen
Pierre Grasset
Pierre Delmas
Known for
Rififi
Le Deuxième Souffle
Maureen Kerwin
Lauren Korey
Also in
The Borgia, or the Golden Blood
Laura
François Chaumette
Maître Georges Theron-Maillard
Known for
The Hunchback of Paris
Christine
Michel Beaune
Frédéric Lambert
Known for
The Professional
The Loner
Marcel Cuvelier
Le Ministre
Known for
Le Doulos
Elevator to the Gallows
Philippe Labro Director · Michel Colombier Composer Jean Penzer Cinematographer
First release March 22, 1973 · Produced in France, Italy · Languages French, Italian
Production
Cinétel
Production
Président Films
Production
Euro International Films
Production
Cinetel
Production
France · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
L'Héritier
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · Italian
Release dates
France · March 22, 1973
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
March 3, 2026 · TV · Paris Première
Germany
September 21, 1973 · Theatrical
Italy
April 19, 1973 · Theatrical
Japan
November 3, 1973 · Theatrical
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