La Traversée de Paris

JEAN GABIN and BOURVIL in a REMARKABLE FRENCH FILM with suspense predominating of course - but also much more than just a soupcon of laughter!

7.3

|1956|80 min

Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied Paris.

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