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A Thousand Billion Dollars

Mille milliards de dollars

Release: 1982-02-09 ·Runtime: 132m ·★ 7.0
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.

Production Countries

France

Production Companies

V Films
S.F.P.C.
Films A2

Cast

Patrick Dewaere Patrick Dewaere as Paul Kerjean Charles Denner Charles Denner as Walter, private detective Marc Eyraud Marc Eyraud as Sylvestre Jacques Maury Jacques Maury as Jack Sleiter, director of GTI Edmond Bernard Edmond Bernard as Ralph von Lübeck Marie-Pierre Casey Marie-Pierre Casey as Madame Benoît-Lambert's maid Claude Vernier Claude Vernier as Dr. Gerhard Kramer André Falcon André Falcon as Pierre Bayen, editor-in-chief Edward Marcus Edward Marcus as GTI controller François Viaur François Viaur as Hotel receptionist Rachid Ferrache Rachid Ferrache as Éric Bronsky (uncredited) Jean-Laurent Cochet Jean-Laurent Cochet as Serge Hartmann, director of La Tribune Anthony Stuart Anthony Stuart as Accuser Jacques David Jacques David as Police commissioner Marc Fayolle Marc Fayolle as Enthusiastic reader Fabienne Mai Fabienne Mai as Madame Holstein (uncredited) Robert Party Robert Party as Jacques Benoît-Lambert, aka 'JBL' Claude Marcault Claude Marcault as Kerjean's secretary Jean Claudio Jean Claudio as Vittorio Orta, Director of GTI-Italy Anny Duperey Anny Duperey as Laura Weber, JBL's mistress Jacques François Jacques François as Fred Great Jean-Pierre Kalfon Jean-Pierre Kalfon as Bronsky, then Stan Hankins, the informant Hans Verner Hans Verner as Kurt von Schroeder Camille Clavel Camille Clavel as Bastien Kerjean Yvonne Dany Yvonne Dany as Germaine Guérande (uncredited) Édith Scob Édith Scob as Madame Bronsky Michel Auclair Michel Auclair as Michel Saint-Claude, director of GTI-Europe Caroline Cellier Caroline Cellier as Hélène Kerjean Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau as Madame Benoît-Lambert Mel Ferrer Mel Ferrer as Cornelius A. Woaegen, president of GTI Fernand Ledoux Fernand Ledoux as Mr. Guérande Yaseen Khan Yaseen Khan as Suta Burishawa Jean Mercure Jean Mercure as Joachim Holstein, Director of GTI-Austria Jacqueline Doyen Jacqueline Doyen as Arlène Robert Pierre Londiche Pierre Londiche as French interpreter in court Frédérique Meininger Frédérique Meininger as Concierge