Magnet of Doom
1963 · Movie · 102 min · ★ 6.3 · 62% critics
After a string of defeats, a struggling boxer loses his livelihood and takes a job with a wealthy man who is suddenly forced to flee the country. Their uneasy partnership turns into a tense journey shaped by money, desperation, and mistrust.
Based on Q3202787
Also known as The Eldest of the Ferchaux · An Honorable Young Man
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Details
- Original title
- L'Aîné des Ferchaux
- Years
- 1963
- Release date
- 1963-09-25
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (65 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy older crime dramas about uneasy alliances and lives pushed off course, especially if Two Men in Manhattan or Razzia appeal to you; Not for you if you want fast action or a lighter mood.
Pros: tense setup; unusual partnership; crime-on-the-run premise | Cons: sparse detail; older pacing; limited emotional warmth
Themes
- new york city
- banker
- paris, france
- river
- motel
- new orleans, louisiana
- investigation
- diner
- exile
- hypochondriac
- scandal
- travel
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Michel Maudet
Charles Vanel
as Dieudonné Ferchaux
Michèle Mercier
as Lou
Stefania Sandrelli
as Angie, Hitch-Hiker
- MS
Malvina Silberberg
as Lina
Barbara Sommers
as Lou's friend
- EM
E.F. Medard
as Suska
Todd Martin
as Jeff
- AC
André Certes
as Émile Ferchaux
Andrex
as M. Andrei
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville