Shock Troops (film)

1967 film by Costa-Gavras

5 April 1967 (1967-04-05)

Running time

110 minutesCountriesFrance
ItalyLanguageFrench

Shock Troops (French: Un homme de trop) is a 1967 French-Italian action drama film directed by Costa-Gavras. It was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.^[1] Film producer Harry Saltzman has a "presented by" credit.^[2]

Plot

Set in central France, the film follows French resistance fighters who press the battle on the Germans. Along the way, they break into a prison and release some German prisoners, but discover there may be a spy planted to flush them all out.

Cast

Charles Vanel as Passevin
Bruno Cremer as Cazal
Jean-Claude Brialy as Jean
Michel Piccoli as The Extra Man
Gérard Blain as Thomas
Claude Brasseur as Groubec
Jacques Perrin as Kerk
François Périer as Moujon
Claude Brosset as Ouf
Pierre Clémenti as Lucian
Michel Creton as Solin
Paolo Fratini as Philippe
Julie Dassin as Girl
Nino Segurini as Lecocq
Marc Porel as Octave

References

^ "5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
^ American Film Institute (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Volume 1, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 981. ISBN 9780520209701.