Backfire

Backfire is a 1964 French crime film directed by Jean Becker, which stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, reuniting for the first time since Breathless (1960). Plot A criminal organisation offers a Parisian man, David, $10,000 to transport a car across Europe. They tell him little about it except that drugs are not involved. He is accompanied by a photographer, Olga. David discovers he is smuggling gold. The two travel to Beirut then Damascus. They fall in love and David wants the gold for himself. Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo as David Ladislas Jean Seberg as Olga Celan Enrico Maria Salerno as Mario Gert Fröbe as Fehrman Renate Ewert as Comtesse Jean-Pierre Marielle as Van Houde Diana Lorys as Rosetta Fernando Rey as the Lebanese policeman Wolfgang Preiss as Grenner Michel Beaune as Daniel Roberto Camardiel as Stephanidès Fernando Sancho as Ylmaz Giacomo Furia as Nino