Time Bomb
Cast & Crew
Yves Ciampi
Curt Jurgens
Mylène Demongeot
Alain Saury
Paul Mercey
Robert Porte
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In a desperate attempt to recover a lost family fortune, orphaned brother and sister Michel and Catherine plot to defraud an insurance company of $6 million. Their plan is to wreck a family freighter captained by Catherine's middle-aged lover, Eric Mullen, so as to collect the insurance money. Before Eric leaves Hamburg he places a time bomb in the hold of his ship, setting it to explode in waters where mines are still known to exist. The ship loses 3 hours at the Kiel Canal, and Eric orders the time made up and pushes the ship toward its doom, knowing that he and his men can escape in lifeboats. As a result of the strain, one of the ship's boilers blows up, trapping a crew member in the wreckage. Suddenly repentant, Eric hurries to the hold and disconnects the bomb. He then brings the ship safely back to Hamburg, to discover that Catherine also has come to regret their dishonest scheme.
Director
Yves Ciampi
Cast
Curt Jurgens
Mylène Demongeot
Alain Saury
Paul Mercey
Robert Porte
Daniel Sorano
Jean Daurand
Gabriel Gobin
André Dalibert
Jess Hahn
Raymond Loyer
Jim Gérald
Pierre Collet
Guy Dakar
Jean-jacques Lecot
Henri Maik
Pierre Paulet
Jean Murat
Claire Guibert
Crew
Georges Alépée
Tanine Autre
Pierre Balmain
Gabriel Bechir
Michel Bonnay
Yvette Bonnay
Jacques-laurent Bost
Roger Briaucourt
Gérard Brisseau
Pierre Charron
Yves Ciampi
Roger Corbeau
Henri Crolla
Alain Darbon
Bernard Deflandre
Georges Deguy
Jean Dewever
Robert Florent
Raymond Froment
Jeannine Germes-vergne
André Hodeir
Simone Knapp
Daniel Laguille
Madeleine Lefebvre
Raymond Lemarchand
Alexandre Marcus
Georges Mardiguian
Jacques Mely
Louis Née
Yves Olivier
Henri-françois Rey
Julien Rivière
Jean-charles Tacchella
Robert Teisseire
Terra Films
Janine Thaon
Armand Thirard
Film Details
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Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in Hamburg and on the Kiel Canal. Paris opening: January 1959 as Le vent se lève; running time: 90 min. Rome opening: June 1959 as Il vento si alza; running time: 95 min.
