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The Dictator's Guns

1965 · 103 min

A cool, unhurried crime yarn that trades glamour for salt-air tension and quiet, methodical suspense. The plot is a slow trap that tightens around a competent man who never quite loses his nerve. It feels like a sun-bleached, workmanlike thriller with a hard, fatalistic edge.}{.

Directed by
Claude Sautet
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Lino Ventura, Sylva Koscina, Leo Gordon
Overview
An experienced skipper is hired to buy a boat from an American heiress in the Caribbean, but when the boat vanishes and bodies surface, he realizes he’s been framed for arms trafficking.

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Directed by
Claude Sautet
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Lino Ventura, Sylva Koscina, Leo Gordon
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • crime
    • betrayal
    • survival
    • greed
    Places
    • sea
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension6
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, crime
    Directed by
    Claude Sautet
    Starring
    Lino Ventura, Sylva Koscina, Leo Gordon, Alberto de Mendoza, Antonio Martin, Jean-Claude Bercq, Jack Léonard, Sylvain Lévignac
    Music
    Michel Colombier, Eddie Barclay
    Cinematography
    Walter Wottitz
    Runtime
    103 min
    Country
    Spain, France, Italy
    Languages
    English, French, Spanish

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