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Film of the Week: The Passenger

on BBC Two England

Starring Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider

Stranded in a remote desert outpost in Chad, television reporter David Locke returns to his hotel and finds a fellow guest has died of a heart attack. Impulsively he changes identity with the man, leaving for London then Munich to follow 'Robertson''s itinerary. He discovers that the seemingly conventional businessman is, in fact, a gun-runner and that he is now expected to deliver the goods in exchange for substantial payment... The complications of his new identity become more dangerous. Locke/Robertson moves slowly towards an inevitable fate in this mesmerising film.

(First showing on British television)

Films: page 20

Contributors

Screenplay:
Mark Peploe
Screenplay:
Peter Wollen
Screenplay/Director:
Michelangelo Antonioni
Producer:
Carlo Ponti
David Locke:
Jack Nicholson
Girl:
Maria Schneider
Rachel Locke:
Jenny Runacre
Martin Knight:
Ian Hendry
Stephen:
Stephen Berkoff
Achebe:
Ambrose Bia
Hotel keeper:
Jose Maria Cafarel
Witch doctor:
James Campbell
German stranger:
Manfred Spies
Murderer:
Jean Baptiste Tiemele
Police Inspector:
Angel Del Pozo
Robertson:
Claude Mulvehill

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