A Thousand Billion Dollars

A Thousand Billion Dollars

★ 6.9IMDb Score
Released:1982-02-09
Genre:Thriller
Duration:132 min
Country:France
Director:Henri Verneuil
Actors:Patrick Dewaere, Michel Auclair, Caroline Cellier, Charles Denner, Anny Duperey
Production:V Films, S.F.P.C., Films A2

Overview:

A young journalist uncovers an assassination disguised as a suicide, linked to an American multinational seeking to dominate French industries. Determined to expose the truth, he races against time to gather evidence before more lives—and his own—are at stake.

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