Magnet of Doom(L'Aîné des Ferchaux)
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France, Italy · 1963
1h 42m
Director Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier, Stefania Sandrelli
Genre Adventure, Crime, Drama
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A 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.
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