

A Thousand Billion Dollars
1982-02-09 · 132 min · ★ 6.9
A young journalist uncovers an assassination disguised as a suicide, linked to an American multinational seeking to dominate French industries. Determined to expose the truth, he races against time to gather evidence before more lives—and his own—are at stake.
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- Directors
- Henri Verneuil
- Production companies
- V Films, S.F.P.C., Films A2
- Countries
- France
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Patrick DewaerePaul Kerjean
Michel AuclairMichel Saint-Claude, director of GTI-Europe
Caroline CellierHélène Kerjean
Charles DennerWalter, private detective
Anny DupereyLaura Weber, JBL's mistress
Jeanne MoreauMadame Benoît-Lambert
Mel FerrerCornelius A. Woaegen, president of GTI
Jean-Laurent CochetSerge Hartmann, director of La Tribune
Fernand LedouxMr. Guérande
André FalconPierre Bayen, editor-in-chief
Claude VernierDr. Gerhard Kramer
Édith ScobMadame Bronsky
Jacques FrançoisFred Great
Robert PartyJacques Benoît-Lambert, aka 'JBL'
Jean-Pierre KalfonBronsky, then Stan Hankins, the informant
Jean MercureJoachim Holstein, Director of GTI-Austria
Claude MarcaultKerjean's secretary
Jacques MauryJack Sleiter, director of GTI
Jacqueline DoyenArlène Robert
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