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Director Henri Verneuil
Runtime 2h 12m · 12
Genres Thriller
Film A Thousand Billion Dollars 1982 · 12· 2h 12m· Thriller
A young journalist uncovers an assassination disguised as a suicide, linked to an American multinational seeking to dominate French industries. Determined to expose the truth, he races against time to gather evidence before more lives—and his own—are at stake.
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Patrick Dewaere as Paul Kerjean Michel Auclair as Michel Saint-Claude, director of GTI-Europe Caroline Cellier as Hélène Kerjean Charles Denner as Walter, private detective Anny Duperey as Laura Weber, JBL's mistress Jeanne Moreau as Madame Benoît-Lambert Mel Ferrer as Cornelius A. Woaegen, president of GTI Jean-Laurent Cochet as Serge Hartmann, director of La Tribune Fernand Ledoux as Mr. Guérande André Falcon as Pierre Bayen, editor-in-chief Claude Vernier as Dr. Gerhard Kramer Édith Scob as Madame Bronsky Jacques François as Fred Great Robert Party as Jacques Benoît-Lambert, aka 'JBL' Jean-Pierre Kalfon as Bronsky, then Stan Hankins, the informant Jean Mercure as Joachim Holstein, Director of GTI-Austria Claude Marcault as Kerjean's secretary Jacques Maury as Jack Sleiter, director of GTI Jacqueline Doyen as Arlène Robert Marc Eyraud as Sylvestre Jean Claudio as Vittorio Orta, Director of GTI-Italy Anthony Stuart as Accuser Hans Verner as Kurt von Schroeder Edward Marcus as GTI controller Pierre Londiche as French interpreter in court Camille Clavel as Bastien Kerjean Edmond Bernard as Ralph von Lübeck Frédérique Meininger as Concierge François Viaur as Hotel receptionist Marie-Pierre Casey as Madame Benoît-Lambert's maid Key Crew
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 17 crew)
Details Runtime 2h 12m · 12
Status Released
Studios V Films · S.F.P.C. · Films A2
Languages French
Countries France
Rating 7.0/10 · 64 votes
Original language fr
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