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Highway Pick-Up is a french film of genre Drama directed by Julien Duvivier with Robert Hossein

Highway Pick-Up (1963)

Chair de poule

Highway Pick-Up
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Length 1h47
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OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Noir,    Crime
Rating71% 3.577043.577043.577043.577043.57704

Chair de poule (French for "goose flesh") is a 1963 French crime film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Robert Hossein, Catherine Rouvel, Jean Sorel and Georges Wilson. The screenplay is based on the novel Come Easy, Go Easy by James Hadley Chase. The film was released in the United States as Highway Pickup.

Synopsis

À Paris, les deux complices Daniel Boisset et Paul Genest sont surpris lors d’une tentative de cambriolage : la victime, après avoir blessé Daniel, est abattue par Paul. Alors que celui-ci s’enfuit, Daniel est capturé et accusé du meurtre, mais réussit à s’évader. Il trouve refuge dans un coin perdu des Alpes-Maritimes où il est embauché par Thomas, un brave garagiste. La jeune femme de Thomas, la pulpeuse et vénale Maria, découvre sa véritable identité et le contraint à ouvrir le coffre-fort de son mari pour s’approprier son magot, mais ce dernier les prend sur le fait…

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