Once a member of a street gang, Daniel Chetman now leads an honest and
peaceful life. One evening, he comes to the aid of a Chinese girl
who has been raped by Matt Hagen, the leader of his former gang.
Matt tries to pass himself off as a respectable businessman but his
gang is more powerful than it has ever been and runs the street with
violence and terror. Chet has a choice: to move away from the
area, as his wife and friends want him to, or stay and refuse to be
intimidated by Hagen...
Script: Gilles Béhat, David Goodis (novel),
Jean Herman
Cinematographer: Jean-François Robin
Music: Bernard Lavilliers
Cast:Bernard Giraudeau (Daniel Chetman),
Christine Boisson (Emma-la-Rouge),
Jean-Pierre Kalfon (Paul Chetman),
Michel Auclair (Georges Chetman),
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu (Mathias Hagen),
Corinne Dacla (Édith Chetman),
Nathalie Courval (Carla Chetman),
Jean-Pierre Sentier (Yougo),
Pierre Frag (Benvenuto Temporini),
Myriam Salvodi (Tillie),
Hakim Ghanem (Lobo, un jeune loubard),
Marc de Jonge (Jo, un sbire de Hagen),
Camille Béranger (Un enfant de la zone),
Thierry Carpentier (Un enfant de la zone),
Thierry Ngo (Un enfant de la zone),
Jean-Claude Van Damme (Extra in Police Arrival Sequence),
Christian Delangre,
Harry Cleven,
Jean-Claude Dreyfus,
Dang Van Bi
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 107 min
Aka:Barbarous Street ;
Street of the Damned
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