Gas-Oil

Gas-Oil is a 1955 French crime drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Gaby Basset and Ginette Leclerc. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location at a variety of places. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It was one of a number of films portraying tough truck drivers made in the wake of the success of the 1953 film The Wages of Fear. It was the first of many films in which Gabin appeared in written by his fellow Parisian Michel Audiard.

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6.4

A trucker encounters a dead body on the road home. He reports the incident to the police, who suspect that Jean was responsible for the death, and his new truck is impounded. To make matters worse, the man's widow accuses him of having robbed her husband, and a gang of sinister crooks are also harassing him.

Released: 1955-10-1893 minDir: Gilles GrangierDrama, Crime

Cast

Jean Gabin as Jean Chape
Jeanne Moreau as Alice
Gaby Basset as Camille Serin
Marcel Bozzuffi as Pierrot Ragondin, le jeune routier
Robert Dalban as Félix, l'affréteur
Albert Dinan as Émile Serin

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IMDb

6.3/10

726 votes

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==Synopsis== While driving home one night after meeting his girlfriend, trucker Jean Chape encounters a dead body lying in the road. He reports it the police but they suspect that he is responsible.