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Perched on a Tree(1971)
Status: Released
Date: 1971-04-12
53%
176 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
Henry Roubier, a French promoter, and Enrico Mazzini, an Italian, have signed an agreement guaranteeing them a stranglehold on European highways. While driving on the roads of the south, Roubier takes two young hitchhikers, but an unfortunate swerve the car rushes by Henri and its occupants on the top of a pine tree onto the side of a cliff.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie
Movie: Perched on a Tree
Top 10 Billed Cast
Louis de Funès
Henri Roubier
Geraldine Chaplin
Mme Muller
Olivier de Funès
L'auto-stoppeur
Alice Sapritch
Lucienne Roubier
Paul Préboist
Le radio-reporter
Roland Armontel
Le Père Jean-Marie
Franco Volpi
Mazzini
Jean Panisse
Le brigadier
Hans Meyer
Colonel Muller
Daniel Bellus
Un alpiniste
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Henry Roubier, a French promoter, and Enrico Mazzini, an Italian, have signed an agreement guaranteeing them a stranglehold on European highways. While driving on the roads of the south, Roubier takes two young hitchhikers, but an unfortunate swerve the car rushes by Henri and its occupants on the top of a pine tree onto the side of a cliff.
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1971-04-12
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