The Man in the Buick

Year: 1968

Runtime: 93 mins

Language: French

Director: Gilles Grangier

CrimeComedyRomance

Mr Jo, known as “the man with the Buick,” is beloved in Honfleur, yet hides a shady past as a trafficker. He now smuggles rubies using a charity that funds Swiss holidays for disadvantaged children. Falling for a widowed woman, he agrees to a robbery to win her hand, only to have Inspector Menard expose his secret deeds to the town.

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