Movie·1963·1h 42m
Magnet of Doom
Country
France
Language
English
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The Story
Original title: L'Aîné des Ferchaux
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.
Producer
Charles Lumbroso
Cinematography
Henri Decaë
Music
Georges Delerue
Editor
Monique Bonnot
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
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
Ginger Hall
Nurse
Maurice Auzel
Boxer
Pierre Leproux
An administrator
Jacques François Zeller
An administrator
Dominique Zardi
The boxing speaker
Hugues Wanner
An administrator
// crew
Crew
Jean-Pierre Melville
Director, Screenplay
Charles Lumbroso
Producer
Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
Monique Bonnot
Editor
Claude Durand
Editor
Henri Decaë
Director of Photography
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