A Thousand Billion Dollars
1982•2h 12m•6.9•Released
Thriller
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.
Director
Henri Verneuil
Writer
Henri Verneuil
Languages
French
Studio
V Films
Cast
Patrick Dewaere
Paul Kerjean
Michel Auclair
Michel Saint-Claude, director of GTI-Europe
Caroline Cellier
Hélène Kerjean
Charles Denner
Walter, private detective
Anny Duperey
Laura Weber, JBL's mistress
Jeanne Moreau
Madame Benoît-Lambert
Mel Ferrer
Cornelius A. Woaegen, president of GTI
Jean-Laurent Cochet
Serge Hartmann, director of La Tribune
Fernand Ledoux
Mr. Guérande
André Falcon
Pierre Bayen, editor-in-chief
Claude Vernier
Dr. Gerhard Kramer
Édith Scob
Madame Bronsky
Jacques François
Fred Great
Robert Party
Jacques Benoît-Lambert, aka 'JBL'
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Bronsky, then Stan Hankins, the informant
Production
Company
V Films
Company
S.F.P.C.
Company
Films A2
Producer
Henri Verneuil
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