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Synopsis
Following the disastrous Pirates (1986), director Roman Polanski got back on creative track with this finely-wrought thriller that, while failing to impress at the box office, was nevertheless his most critically well-received film of the decade. Harrison Ford stars as Richard Walker, an American doctor who has come to Paris, where he's scheduled to deliver a paper to a medical conference. Richard has brought along his wife Sondra (Betty Buckley), because Paris was the site of their honeymoon 20 years earlier. Sondra picks up the wrong suitcase at the airport, which leads to her kidnapping and an ever-more complicated quest that takes Richard into the seedy and dangerous underworld of European drug smuggling and terrorist arms sales. Along the way, he is rebuffed by skeptical officials at the American Embassy and meets Michelle (Emmanuelle Seigner), a sexy courier who agrees to help him in exchange for the money she's owed for trafficking in narcotics. Playing cleverly on American fears about Europe's Byzantine politics and "decadent" society, Frantic received, from many observers, perhaps the greatest compliment possible for a thriller, comparison to the work of Alfred Hitchcock. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Cast

Betty Buckley Sondra Walker
Jacques Ciron Hotel Manager
Harrison Ford Dr. Richard Walker
David Huddleston Peter
Gerard Klein Gaillard
John Mahoney Williams
Dominique Pinon Wino
Thomas M. Pollard Rastafarian
Emmanuelle Seigner Michelle
Alexandra Stewart Edie
Yorgo Voyagis The Kidnaper
Jimmie Ray Weeks Shaap

Production Crew

Bonnie Timmermann Casting
Margot Capelier Casting
Witold Sobocinski Cinematographer
Thom Mount Co-producer
Tim Hampton Co-producer
Astor Piazzolla Composer (Music Score)
Ennio Morricone Composer (Music Score)
Anthony Powell Costume Designer
Roman Polanski Director
Sam O'Steen Editor
Astor Piazzolla Featured Music
Cole Porter Featured Music
Georges Auric Featured Music
Harry Warren Featured Music
Mack Gordon Featured Music
Michel Cheyko First Assistant Director
Didier Lavergne Makeup
Thom Mount Producer
Tim Hampton Producer
Pierre Guffroy Production Designer
Gérard Brach Screenwriter
Roman Polanski Screenwriter
Astor Piazzolla Songwriter
Barry Reynolds Songwriter
Barry Reynolds Songwriter
Cole Porter Songwriter
Dennis Wilkey Songwriter
Georges Auric Songwriter
Harry Warren Songwriter
Ish Ledesma Songwriter
John Phillips Songwriter
Joseph Hull Songwriter
Mack Gordon Songwriter
Marcus Miller Songwriter
Mick Hucknall Songwriter
Natalie Delon Songwriter
William Engvick Songwriter
Jean-Pierre Ruh Sound/Sound Designer
Daniel Breton Stunts
Remy Julienne Stunts
Vic Armstrong Stunts
Wendy Leech Stunts
Year: 1988
Runtime: 120
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
Category: Feature

Genre
Thriller

Sound
Dolby

Produced by
Franco London Films
Mount Company
Warner Brothers

Release
February 26, 1988 (USA)
by Warner Brothers