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Touch and Go

La Poudre d'escampette

Release: 1971-09-01·Runtime: 110m·★ 5.0
ComedyDrama

North Africa, December 1942. Valentin, a professional gardener ruined by the bombings of 1940, has fled to Tunis, where he traffics stolen goods, transporting them from Libya to Tunisia on an old boat.

Production Countries

ItalyFrance

Production Companies

Vides Cinematografica
Les Films Ariane
Columbia France

Cast

Ugo FangareggiUgo Fangareggias DeputyAlexandre MnouchkineAlexandre Mnouchkineas L'homme en vélo-taxiMichel PiccoliMichel Piccolias ValentinMichael YorkMichael Yorkas BasilAmidouAmidouas AliJean BouiseJean Bouiseas Man on the terraceHans VernerHans Verneras Major BeckerErnesto ColliErnesto Collias SoldierRémy JulienneRémy Julienneas Bit Part (uncredited)Didi PeregoDidi Peregoas RenataAlan ScottAlan Scottas British aircraft officerUmberto D'OrsiUmberto D'Orsias Major BruzzaliniLuigi BonosLuigi Bonosas Italian soldier on the beachTiberio MurgiaTiberio Murgiaas Giuseppe (uncredited)Marlène JobertMarlène Jobertas LorèneLeopoldo TriesteLeopoldo Triesteas Sergeant of the fortLouis VelleLouis Velleas Paul-ÉmileTano CimarosaTano Cimarosaas Italian soldier on the beach

Crew

Jean-Loup Dabadie" />Jean-Loup DabadieWriterPhilippe de Broca" />Philippe de BrocaDirector, WriterAlexandre Mnouchkine" />Alexandre MnouchkineProducerHenri Lanoë" />Henri LanoëEditorMichel Legrand" />Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer