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Bookmark this pageL'Homme de Rio (1964)
Director: Philippe de Broca
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A delightfully preposterous thriller (the McGuffin is some stolen Amazonian treasure), wittier than any of the Bond spoofs that subsequently flooded the market and a good deal racier than Raiders of the Lost Ark. Handsomely shot on location in Brazil, with Belmondo as the cheerfully indestructible hero who cliffhangs, climbs buildings, imitates Tarzan, parachutes almost into the jaws of a crocodile, and does his best to cope with the enchantingly unpredictable Dorléac (late lamented sister of Catherine Deneuve). The dubbing in the transatlantic version isn't too disastrous.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Philippe de Broca
Producer: Alexandre Mnouchkine, Georges Dancigers
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais, Simone Renant, Milton Ribeiro, Adolfo Celi full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 120 mins
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