Trapped by Fear (1960)
Original title: Les Distractions
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Two French paras who had lived through deadly situations in Algeria, meet again in civil life. Frapier is a newspaper reporter, and one day finds his friend Porte - surrounded by the police after a car theft, and an accidental killing of a police officer. He helps him escape, and provides shelter with the complicity of his girlfriend Vera. Later, Frapier will have doubts about Vera's love, and lives a passionate night with beautiful Arabelle. However, he finds himself playing a game of life and death both with Vera, and Porte. It will end in sadness for one, and death for another.
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Jean-Paul BelmondoPaul Frapier
Alexandra StewartVéra
Claude BrasseurLaurent Porte
Sylva KoscinaArabelle
Eva DamienDany
Sady Rebbotle photographe de mode
Jacques JouanneauMaxime
Yves Brainvillele commissaire de police
Mireille DarcMaïaRaymond PélissierSady RebbotLe photographe de modeGeorges HubertKeywords
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What is Trapped by Fear about?
Two French paras who had lived through deadly situations in Algeria, meet again in civil life. Frapier is a newspaper reporter, and one day finds his friend Porte - surrounded by the police after a car theft, and an accidental killing of a police officer. He helps him escape, and provides shelter with the complicity of his girlfriend Vera. Later, Frapier will have doubts about Vera's love, and lives a passionate night with beautiful Arabelle. However, he finds himself playing a game of life and death both with Vera, and Porte. It will end in sadness for one, and death for another.
How long is Trapped by Fear?
Trapped by Fear has a runtime of 101 minutes.
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