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Midweek Cinema: L'Annee Sainte

on BBC Two England

(Holy Year) starring Jean Gabin, Jean-Claude Brialy, Danielle Darrieux
In the last film he made before his death in November 1976, Jean Gabin plays a crook of the old school, currently doing time in France. A television programme about the millions of tourists expected in Rome for Holy Year persuades him that it would be a good year to retrieve some loot buried near the Vatican. Escaping from prison is easy enough but contending with the methods used by modern criminals proves much trickier. And the robes of a Catholic Bishop are not really a disguise for an unexpected reunion with a former girlfriend...
Films: page 13 (First showing on British television)

Contributors

Directed By:
Jean Girault
Lambert:
Jean Cabin
Bizet:
Jean-Claude Brialy
Commissaire Barbier:
Henri Virlogeux
Christina:
Danielle Darrieux
Carla:
Nicoletta MacChiavelli
Louftingue:
Luciano Bartoli
Giuseppe:
Paolo Giusti
Le Consul:
Umberto Raho
Boricelli:
Renato Romano
Mazzola:
Gianpiero Albertini

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