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“A TOUR OF VIOLENCE... IN BLACK & WHITE!”
In a small Gallic village, tourists are regaled by street entertainers and brash prostitutes. One of the tourists, a black girl named Bessie, falls in love with local villager Bob, and he with her. Soon racial tensions erupt volcanically among tourists and townsfolk alike. All is forgiven when the respective parents of the hero and heroine save the village's water supply.
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Cast
27 people
Jacques Richard
Bob Stanley
Known for
The Things of Life
The Dominici Affair
Toto Bissainthe
Bessie Vance
Known for
Black Girl
Claude Accursi
Gabriel Rongier
Claude Bernard-Aubert
Douta Seck
Vance
Also in
Sugar Cane Alley
The Comedians
Jean Isnard
Grégoire Aslan
Stanley père
Known for
The Return of the Pink Panther
Paris When It Sizzles
André Hodeir
Henry Lombroso
Roger Blin
Slim, le guide
Known for
The King and the Mockingbird
Orpheus
Jean-Paul Coutan-Laboureur
Claude Bernard-Aubert Director · Claude Accursi Writer André Hodeir Composer
United States release February 1, 1969 · Produced in France, Italy · Production Zodiaque Productions, Globe Films International
Production
Lodice-Zodiaque-Globe
Production
Zodiaque Productions
Production
Globe Films International
Production
Les Films Fernand Rivers
Production
France · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Les tripes au soleil
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 6, 1959
Theatrical
United States · February 1, 1969
Italy
September 1, 1959 · Rome
Japan
March 29, 1963
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