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L’Aîné des Ferchaux
FRANCE · 1963

L’Aîné des Ferchaux

Jean-Pierre Melville
crime and fraud social decline master and servant escape and fugitives boxing
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Synopsis

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.

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