Two gun runners, Le Doc and Rougier, save and tend the only survivor of a plane crash into the Vietnamese jungle. When they realize the man named Hamelin is a renowned electronics engineer, they decide to keep him hostage and to release him in exchange for a high ransom. Things get complicated with the coming of Sylvie, Hamelin's wife in search of her missing husband. To make matters worse, Wong,a Chinese gang leader and former ally of the traffickers, turns against them and attacks them with his men.
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Cast
11 people
Jean Chevrier
Hamelin
Also in
The Accursed Kings
Paris Frills
Barbara Laage
Sylvie Hamelin
Known for
Bed and Board
Paris Blues
Maurice Labro
Emile Darbel
Georges Godefroy
André Versini
Le Doc
Also in
The Cat
Anyone Can Kill Me
Guy Lionel
Fivos Razi
Rougier
Also in
Electra
Jean Meckert
Gib Grossac
Le Planteur
Known for
The Lovers
Tuong Dung Chuang
Wong
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Maurice Labro Director · Georges Godefroy Writer
First release December 5, 1962 · Produced in France · Original title Le Captif
Production
Les Productions Emile Darbel
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France
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Original title
Le Captif
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · December 5, 1962
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
August 7, 1963 · Theatrical
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