Concorde Affaire '79
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Directed by | Ruggero Deodato |
Produced by | Mino Loy Luciano Martino |
Written by | Ernesto Gastaldi Renzo Genta |
Starring | James Franciscus Mimsy Farmer Venantino Venantini Fiamma Maglione Edmund Purdom |
Music by | Stelvio Cipriani |
Cinematography | Federico Zanni |
Editing by | Eugenio Alabiso |
Distributed by | Medusa Distribuzione |
Release date(s) | March 23, 1979 |
Running time | 96 min |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Budget | Unknown |
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Concorde Affaire '79 (1979) (Italian: Affare Concorde), also known as The Concorde Affair, is an Italian action thriller directed by Ruggero Deodato and was written by Ernesto Gastaldi and Renzo Genta. In the film, a Concorde flight is sabotaged by a major airline whose business is threatened by the speed and efficiency of the new, super sonic airliner. An investigative reporter, Moses Brody, becomes aware of the plan and races to save the next Concorde flight from the same fate. The film stars James Franciscus as Moses Brody and Mimsy Farmer as Jean Beneyton.