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Rat Trap

This South American adventure drama finds Charles (Charles Aznavour), a youthful Frenchman traveling to Paraguay to start a new life. Seeking out a rich uncle, the idealistic nephew is rejected by his miserly relation, and he goes on to get involved with a shady woman and a band of gun runners who supply arms for the revolution of the week. Charles and his new girlfriend head for the border after a shootout with federal troops, and a kindly railroad worker hides the couple in an abandoned copper mine. Charles is later thrown in prison while the girl becomes a concubine, but her violator is killed when Charles escapes to rescue her and exact revenge. A pretty harrowing composition could be written by the young couple on "How I Spent My Summer Vacation."

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Release DateJune 8, 1963
StatusReleased
Original TitleLe Rat d'Amérique
Runtime1h 34min
Budget
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LanguageFrench
Original LanguageFrench
Production CountriesFrance, Italy
Production CompaniesFranco London FilmsMadeleine FilmsZebra Film
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