Action Man (film)

Action Man
Action Man
Directed by	Jean Delannoy
Written by	Alphonse Boudard
Produced by	Raymond Danon
Starring	Jean Gabin; Robert Stack;
Cinematography	Walter Wottitz
Music by	Francis Lai
Release date	31 May 1967 (France);
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	France; Italy;

Action Man (French: Le Soleil des voyous, lit. "The Sun of Thieves"; Italian: Il più grande colpo del secolo, lit. "Heist of the Century") is a 1967 French–Italian crime thriller film directed by Jean Delannoy.^[1]^[2]

The movie screened at the Venice Film Festival.^[3]

Plot

Denis Ferrand (Jean Gabin), a retired gangster in his sixties, whiles away his days with his wife Marie-Jeanne on a peaceful countryside estate. He is the owner of the quiet Domino bar, managed by Betty (Margaret Lee), and an inn named La Chaumière.

Ferrand's attention is caught by the Crédit Industriel du Nord bank office across the street from his bar. He keeps a watchful eye on all the comings and goings at the bank, learning the date when a security convoy is due to arrive with the pay for nuclear power plant workers in nearby Farville. Out of boredom and longing for his life of crime, Ferrand works out a plan for a robbery. While he is fine-tuning his idea, he receives an unexpected visit from Jim Beckley (Robert Stack). An old friend of Ferrand's from Saigon, Beckley is seeking refuge from a smuggling gang. Ferrand decides to kill two birds with one stone: provide shelter for Beckley and employ him in his heist plan.

Cast

Jean Gabin as Denis Ferrand
Robert Stack as Jim Beckley
Suzanne Flon as Marie-Jeanne Ferrand
Margaret Lee as Betty
Jean Topart as Mr Henri
Walter Giller as Maurice Labrousse
Lucienne Bogaert as old woman
Georges Aminel as Commissaire Leduc
Albert Michel as Gaston
Henri Coutet [fr] as security guard
Bernard Musson as Mr Goulette
Pierre Koulak [fr] as Ange Peresi
Mino Doro as Luigi Savani
Bob Ingarao [fr] as an accomplice
Carlo Nell [fr] as a criminal

References

^ "Action Man - Bankraub fast perfekt" (in German). MDR. Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
^ Derek Elley (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-498-01565-6.
^ For Rick Nelsons It Will Be Twins Dorothy Manners:. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 7 June 1967: C8.

External links

Action Man at IMDb

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[1] "Action Man - Bankraub fast perfekt" (in German). MDR. Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2017-12-13.

[Elley1977-2] Derek Elley (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-498-01565-6.

[3] For Rick Nelsons It Will Be Twins Dorothy Manners:. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 7 June 1967: C8.

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