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The Magnificent One

THE WRITER'S DREAM, HIS REALITY, AND THE TYPEWRITER IN-BETWEEN

1973★ 7.0 · 3871h 35mComedyRomanceActionAdventure

Overview

A writer of pulpy book series in which he's the hero and his beautiful English roommate is the love interest attempts to finish his new book in time at the publisher's demand.

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Cast

Jacqueline Bisset
as Christine / Tatiana

Jean-Paul Belmondo
as François Merlin / Bob Saint-Clar

Raymond Gérôme
as General Pontaubert

Bernard Musson
as The French Interpreter who speaks Czech

Jean Lefebvre
as The Electrician

Philippe de Broca
as Second Plumber (uncredited)

José Paul
as Merlin's Son (uncredited)

Louis Navarre
as The Romanian Interpreter who speaks Serbian (uncredited)

Max Desrau
as The Albanian Interpreter who speaks Romanian

Mario David
as Traffic policeman in the rain

Jean-Pierre Rambal
as The Lecturer

Michel Thomass
as Fake Pope

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Release date: 1973-11-23

Runtime: 1h 35m

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ComedyRomanceActionAdventure

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