Touch and Go
La Poudre d'escampette
Comedy
Drama
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.
1971-09-01
fr
Cast
Director
Philippe de Broca
Marlène Jobert as Lorène
Michel Piccoli as Valentin
Michael York as Basil
Louis Velle as Paul-Émile
Amidou as Ali
Didi Perego as Renata
Jean Bouise as Man on the terrace
Alan Scott as British aircraft officer
Hans Verner as Major Becker
Tano Cimarosa as Italian soldier on the beach
Ernesto Colli as Soldier
Umberto D'Orsi as Major Bruzzalini
Ugo Fangareggi as Deputy
Leopoldo Trieste as Sergeant of the fort
Luigi Bonos as Italian soldier on the beach
Rémy Julienne as Bit Part (uncredited)
Alexandre Mnouchkine as L'homme en vélo-taxi
Tiberio Murgia as Giuseppe (uncredited)