Magnet of Doom

Magnet of Doom (1963)

L'Aîné des Ferchaux

Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been implicated in a high-profile fraud.

Date of release
1963-09-25
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (67)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Crime, Drama, Adventure
Director
Jean-Pierre Melville

Casting

Interesting facts

Magnet of Doom, also known as An Honorable Young Man, is a 1963 French noir film, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, based on the novel of the same title by Georges Simenon.

Production

Jean-Pierre Melville cast Spencer Tracy as Dieudonné Ferchaux, but the actor fell ill. Melville offered the part to Charles Boyer. Though tempted, Boyer opted to make his London stage debut in Terrence Rattigan's Man and Boy.

Some scenes were shot on location in the U.S. However, the two lead actors were filmed in France. It was Melville's first feature film shot in color and Franscope.

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