Movie: A Thousand Billion Dollars

Top 10 Billed Cast

Patrick Dewaere
Patrick Dewaere

Paul Kerjean

Michel Auclair
Michel Auclair

Michel Saint-Claude, director of GTI-Europe

Caroline Cellier
Caroline Cellier

Hélène Kerjean

Charles Denner
Charles Denner

Walter, private detective

Anny Duperey
Anny Duperey

Laura Weber, JBL's mistress

Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau

Madame Benoît-Lambert

Mel Ferrer
Mel Ferrer

Cornelius A. Woaegen, president of GTI

Jean-Laurent Cochet
Jean-Laurent Cochet

Serge Hartmann, director of La Tribune

Fernand Ledoux
Fernand Ledoux

Mr. Guérande

André Falcon
André Falcon

Pierre Bayen, editor-in-chief

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    A young journalist uncovers an assassination disguised as a suicide, linked to an American multinational seeking to dominate French industries. Determined to expose the truth, he races against time to gather evidence before more lives—and his own—are at stake.

  • Release Date

    1982-02-09

  • Average

    6.9

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    Français
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