Touch and Go (1971)
La Poudre d'escampette
North Africa, December 1942. Valentin, a professional gardener ruined by the bombings of 1940, has fled to Tunis, where he traffics stolen goods, transporting them from Libya to Tunisia on an old boat.
- Date of release
- 1971-09-01
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (23)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Philippe de Broca
Casting
- Marlène Jobert — Lorène
- Michel Piccoli — Valentin
- Michael York — Basil
- Louis Velle — Paul-Émile
- Amidou — Ali
- Didi Perego — Renata
- Jean Bouise — Man on the terrace
- Gene Moyle — English Major
- Alan Scott — British aircraft officer
- Hans Verner — Major Becker
- Tano Cimarosa — Italian soldier on the beach
- Ernesto Colli — Soldier
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