L'alpagueur (1976)

Country of Origin: France
Copyright Year:
Running Times: 110 mins
Length:
Format:
Colour Format: Eastmancolor     Panavision
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Cerito Films
Production Manager: Alain Belmondo
Unit Manager: Tadek Zietara

SCRIPT
Script: Philippe Labro, Jacques Lanzmann
Dialogue: Jacques Lanzmann

DIRECTION
Directed by: Philippe Labro
Assistant Director: Jean-Claude Ventura

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Jean Penzer
Stills: Vincent Rossell
Lab: Laboratoires LTC

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Jean Ravel

MUSIC
Music: Michel Colombier

SOUND
Sound: Bernard Bats

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Paulette Breil
Make Up: Charly Koubesserian

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Bernard Evein

CAST
Jean-Paul Belmondo (Roger Pilard, aka l'alpagueur)
Bruno Cremer (L'epervier)
Jean Négroni (Spitzer)
Patrick Fierry (Costa Valdez)
Jean-Pierre Jorris (Salicetti)
Victor Garrivier (Doumecq)
Claude Brosset (Granier)
Marcel Imhoff (cabinet minister)
Maurice Auzel (truck driver)
Muriel Belmondo (1st air hostess)
Roger Benamou (Spanish gangster)
Jean-Luc Boutté (2nd gunman)
Patrice Chapelain-Midy (bank employee)
René Chateau (South American gangster)
Michèle Delacroix (2nd air hostess)
Jacques Destoop (Sicilian gangster)
Jacques Dhéry (prison governor)
Max Doria (jeweller)
François Germain (prison guard)
Claude Guerry (Marcel the truck driver)
Francis Huger (Commissaire Gavarni)
Jacques Jourdain (1st gunman)
Suzan Kent (barmaid)
Charly Koubesserian (poisoned prisoner)
Marc Lamole (3rd gunman)
Mitia Lanzmann (young motorcyclist)
Dave Larsen (4th gunman)
Jean-Claude Magret (bank employee)
Henri Viscogliosi (Mediterranean gangster)

PLOT SUMMARY

French secret agent Roger Pilard, code-name L'alpagueur, is called in to hunt a brutal serial killer known as L'epervier whio is using young boys to help him rob banks.

AVAILABILITY

France
Theatrical Distributors: AMLF

Germany
DVD Distributors: Anolis Entertainment

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Joseph Green Pictures Inc.

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Sweden
Rating: 15

West Germany
Rating: 16

TIMELINE

1976
March
7: France - theatrical release

April
2: West Germany - theatrical release

November
11: Sweden - theatrical release

1980
June
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

El cazador de hombres - Spanish title
Der Greifer - West German title
Hunter Will Get You - US title
Lowca - Polish title
En onomati tis vias - Greek title
Lo sparviero - Italian title
Vid sidan om lagen - Swedish title

KEYWORDS

bank robbers, secret agents, serial killers, bounty hunters, drugs

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009