Greed in the Sun (1963)
Directed by Henri Verneuil
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Chase Movie, Action Comedy, Adventure Comedy |
Release Date - Apr 17, 1964 (USA - Unknown), Apr 17, 1964 (USA) |
Run Time - 122 min. |
Countries - France |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Before Greed in the Sun was released to the States by way of MGM, this French/Italian co-production had made the European rounds under the titles 100,000 Dollars au Soleil and Centomilia Dollare al Sol. As any good linguist can gather, the catalyst for this action melodrama is 100,000 dollars---actually 100,000 dollars worth of guns and ammunition, unknowingly transported to African insurrectionists by truck driver Reginald Kernan. Fellow trucker Jean-Paul Belmondo teams with his girlfriend Andrea Parisy to hijack the shipment. Gert Frobe, head of the trucking company, offers Kernan a large reward for the return of the truck and its contents.
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border [geographic], brothel, chase, conflict, courage, desert, double-cross, driver, forces [military], friendship, girl, greed, hijacker, insurrection, manager, money, mountains, naivete, offer, on-the-road, racer, reward, road, scheme, secrets, shipment, smuggling, transfer, truck, truckdriver, war, weapons
