''Trapped by Fear'' (French: ''Les districtions'') is a 1960 French

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directed by Jacques Dupont and starring

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and

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. It had admissions in France of 955,037.Box office information about film
at Box Office Story

Plot

A speeding motorist causes an accident and kills an officer. Paul, a rather bohemian reporter-photographer, is called to the scene. The man fled, leaving his passport behind. Paul recognizes Laurent, a paratrooper like him during the Algerian war and who saved his life.

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (; 9 April 19336 September 2021) was a French actor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward, frequently portraying police officer ...

as Paul Frapier *

as Véra *

as Arabelle *

as Laurent Porte * Eva Damien as Dany *

Mireille Darc Mireille Darc (; 15 May 1938 – 28 August 2017) was a French model and actress. She appeared as a lead character in Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 film ''Weekend''. Darc was a Knight of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the National Order of Meri ...

as Maïa *

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as Le commissaire de police * Raymond Pélissier as Himself *

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as Le photographe de mode (as Sadi Rebot) * Yves Buscail as Himself * Georges Hubert as Himself * Renée Duchateau as Himself * Noémie Bar-Or as Himself * Arik Bar-Or as Himself * Corrado Guarducci as L'ami d'Arabelle *

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as La concierge *

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as Maxime

References

External links

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''Trapped by Fear''
at Le Film Guide French crime drama films 1960 films French neo-noir films Films directed by Jacques Dupont 1960s French films {{1960s-France-film-stub