Ruffian

Ruffian is a Franco-Canadian film of Jose Giovanni left in 1983.

Synopsis

Gold diggers to Canada, Aldo and his/her companions essuient an attack of gangsters the payday. Only, Aldo and two Indians leave there alive and decide to benefit from gold while turning over to civilization. Making way, Aldo distorts company with the Indians and share in the canoe on a river. Its boat taken in the rapids is crushed with the foot of a cascade with the gold loading, but Aldo escapes from it in extremis… It joined in Montreal his best friend, Gerard, paraplegic since an accident whose Aldo is resposnsable whereas they were all two racing drivers. It also finds the " Baronne" , which directs a bar and which was its mistress and her faithful employee, the John old man. They decide to assemble a forwarding to recover gold…

Data sheet

  • Realizer: Jose Giovanni
  • Scenario: Jose Giovanni
  • Director of the photography: Jean-Paul Schwartz
  • Sound: Alain Curvelier and Patrick Rousseau
  • Music: artistic Ennio Morricone
  • Director: Michel Proulx
  • Decorations: Willy Holt and Gerard Viard
  • Assistant-realizer: Jean-Patrick Constantini
  • Assembly: Jacqueline Thiédot
  • Script: Annie Maurel
  • special Effects: John Thomas
  • Production companies: Corporation Image M&M (Montreal), the Films Christian Fechner, Parma Films
  • Associate producer: Bernard Directing Artigues
  • of production: Henri Brichetti
  • Distributer of origin: AMLF (Paris)
  • Places of turning: Golden delicious (British Columbia - Canada), Invermere (British Columbia - Canada), Montreal (Quebec - Canada), National Yoho Park (British Columbia - Canada).

Distribution

  • Lino Ventura (Aldo Sévenac)
  • Bernard Giraudeau (Gerard Jackson)
  • Claudia Cardinale (the " Baronne")
  • Pierre Frag (John)
  • Béatrix Van Til (Eléonore)
  • James E. Davis (an Indian)
  • August Schellenberg (Nelson Harting)
  • Daryl Wahayenni-Martin (an Indian)
  • Jacklin Webb (conducting of truck in Montreal)

Facts and Figures

Full number of entries at the end of the exclusiveness (Paris): 769.498 spectators

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