That Man from Rio

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That Man from Rio ★★½ L'Homme de Rio; L'Uomo di Rio 1964

Engaging adventure spoof with Belmondo as a pilot whose girlfriend (Dorleac) has just been kidnapped. Her father led an expedition to South America in search of an Amazon treasure and the kidnappers think she knows how to find it. So of course Belmondo does some international adventuring in order to rescue her. In French with English subtitles. 114m/C VHS . FR IT Jean-Paul Belmondo, Francoise Dorleac, Jean Servais, Simone Renant; D: Philippe de Broca; W: Philippe de Broca, Jean-Paul Rappeneau; M: Georges Delerue. N.Y. Film Critics ‘64: Foreign Film.