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1970 French film
La Horse
(
Italian
:
Il Clan degli uomini violenti
,
German
:
Der Erbarmungslose
) is a 1970 French-language
thriller
directed by
Pierre Granier-Deferre
and based on Michel Lambesc's novel of the same name.
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In Normandy, the widower Auguste Maroilleur rules his family and his farm with an iron hand. Bien Phu, a disabled veteran of the war in Indochina, is a valued employee. Out shooting duck, Auguste and Bien Phu discover a huge cache of heroin. Auguste deduces that his grandson Henri, whose vacation job is on a ship, must be a courier. He destroys the drug, worth millions, and confines Henri to a cellar. When the gangsters cannot find their man or their merchandise, they try to destroy Auguste's livelihood and peace of mind. They burn a barn, brutally kill his cattle and rape his virgin granddaughter. He and Bien Phu fight back, eventually killing all five villains by shotgun and grenade. This private war does not go unnoticed and the police bring the whole family in for questioning. Following Auguste's orders, none of them give a thing away and all are released.
Cast
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- Jean Gabin
as Auguste Maroilleur, farm owner
- Marc Porel
as Henri, Auguste's grandson
- Daniele Ajoret
as Louise, younger daughter of Auguste
- Michel Barbey
as Maurice, husband of Louise
- Christian Barbier
as Leon, husband of Mathilde
- Pierre Dux
as the investigating magistrate
- Armando Francioli
as Francis Grutti, a gangster
- Julien Guiomar
as the police inspector
- Eleonore Hirt
as Mathilde, elder daughter of Auguste
- Reinhard Kolldehoff
as Hans, a drug baron
- Astrid Frank
as girlfriend of Hans
- Felix Marten
as Marc, a gangster
- Orlane Paquin
as Veronique, granddaughter of Auguste
- Andre Weber
as Bien-Phu, farm worker
- Henri Attal
as Louis, a gangster
- Dominique Zardi
as Tony, a gangster
- Albert Delpy
as A journalist
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