Le passager

Original title: Caravan to Vaccarès

1974
PG
1h 38m

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4.6/10

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Neil Bowman is traveling through France when he meets British photographer Lila. They are hired by French land owner Duc de Croyter to escort a Hungarian scientist to New York. But they soon realize that the job is not a cushy number, and have to deal with a gang of kidnappers who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the scientist.

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Neil Bowman, meets Lila, a British photographer, in France. They're hired to escort a Hungarian scientist to New York by French landowner Duc de Croyter but face a gang of ruthless kidnapper... Read allNeil Bowman, meets Lila, a British photographer, in France. They're hired to escort a Hungarian scientist to New York by French landowner Duc de Croyter but face a gang of ruthless kidnappers after the scientist.Neil Bowman, meets Lila, a British photographer, in France. They're hired to escort a Hungarian scientist to New York by French landowner Duc de Croyter but face a gang of ruthless kidnappers after the scientist.

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Trivia
First theatrical feature film of actor David Birney.

Goofs
In the opening scene, the assassin kills the bird watcher sitting in his car with a suppressed revolver. Next, he stalks and shoots his young cohort, but this time with a suppressed automatic pistol. When the automatic fires, it produces an unsuppressed gunshot sound. Next, when the assassin is stopped helping the gypsies with their flat tire, he's carrying the silenced revolver tucked in the front of his pants.

Quotes
Bowman: [speaking to the woman thumbing for a ride as she approaches his car] Voulez assistance?
Lila: [suspiciously] You another French sex maniac?
Bowman: No. Another American sex maniac.
Lila: [as she starts to get into his car] That makes all the difference.

Alternate versions
There are two known version of this film. The international cut is 98 minutes and a heavily cut US version is 84 minutes.

Soundtracks
Rhumba
(uncredited)
Music by Manitas De Plata

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Featured review

4/10

Pretty, unexcitable stuff

It's a shame that such a lame plot should be hung on such picturesque locations, with some documentary style reportage shoved in for extra length. A shorter film may have held the tension a little more, and a more charismatic lead may not have mangled his lines so much. The female lead also, was not allowed to do enough resulting in a pretty but boring affair. It builds towards the end but the lead actor's own redemption is too little too late and should have been revealed earlier in the film. Not awful, just a pity. Unexciting but nice enough to grace TV schedules of the early hours.