''The Road to Corinth'' ( french: La route de Corinthe, it, Criminal story, also released as ''Who's Got the Black Box?'') is a 1967 French-Italian

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directed by Claude Chabrol.Marco Giusti. ''007 all'italiana''. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. . It was based on the 1966 novel by ,

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of Gaston-Claude Petitjean-Darville (1925-2004).

Plot

During the Cold War in Greece, NATO radar and missile systems experience mysterious problems caused by small breakdowns electronic black boxes. Robert Ford is murdered as he is on the verge of elucidating the problem. His wife, Shanny, takes over the investigation despite the opposition of the head of the secret service, Mr. Sharps. The latter orders the intelligence agent Dex, a friend of Robert and Shanny, to monitor Shanny's whereabouts. Out of love for her, Dex finally agrees to help Shanny in her mission. Dex and Shanny unmask the culprit Khalidès by discovering the black boxes, which he has hidden in the statue replicas which he produces and sells. However, a police raid comes up empty-handed. Through his henchmen, Khalidès has Shanny kidnapped and brought on a mule to an ancient temple on top of a mountain. When he ties her to a cart and is about to throw her off the cliff, she accepts his marriage proposal. Just as he has finished untying her, he is shot by the approaching Dex and falls off the cliff himself. Dex leaves his job behind and joins Shanny on her flight home.

Cast

Jean Seberg Jean Dorothy Seberg (; ; November 13, 1938August 30, 1979) was an American actress who lived half of her life in France. Her performance in Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 film ''Breathless'' immortalized her as an icon of French New Wave cinema. Seb ...

as Shanny *

Maurice Ronet Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer. Early life Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Rob ...

as Dex *

Christian Marquand Christian Marquand (15 March 1927 – 22 November 2000) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director. Born in Marseille, he was born to a Spanish father and an Arab mother, and his sister was film director Nadine Trintignant. He was often ca ...

as Robert Ford *

Michel Bouquet Michel Bouquet (6 November 1925 – 13 April 2022) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1947 to 2020. He won the Best Actor European Film Award for ''Toto the Hero'' in 1991 and two Best Actor Césars for ...

as Sharps *

Saro Urzì Rosario "Saro" Urzì (24 February 1913 – 1 November 1979) was an Italian actor. He is best known for his roles in the films '' In the Name of the Law'' (1949), '' The Railroad Man'' (1956), '' Seduced and Abandoned'' (1964), which earned him ...

as Khalidès *Antonio Passalia as the killer *Paolo Giusti as Josio *Max Roman *Artemis Matsas *

Zannino Zannino ( gr, Ζαννίνο; born Yannis Papadopoulos; 21 August 1923 – 27 May 1995) was a Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a ...

*Stève Eckhardt * Vassili Diamantopoulos *Claude Chabrol as Alkibiades, traitor

Production

''La route de Corinthe'' was shot in Greece during 7 weeks in May and June 1967.

Release

The film premiered on 27 October 1967 in Paris, and on April 5 1968 in Germany. It was released in the U.S. on April 17, 1970 in a cut and dubbed version retitled ''Who's Got the Black Box?''.

Reception

''TV Guide'' called it "a spoofy spy-lark" and said "Chabrol delights in turning cliches inside out" while "demonstrating how much fun can be had from subverting the wildly improbable plot twists and unlikely events which are typical of spy capers."

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Route de Corinthe 1967 films 1960s spy thriller films French spy thriller films Italian spy thriller films Greek thriller films Films directed by Claude Chabrol Films shot in Saint-Tropez Films set in Greece Films based on French novels 1960s Italian films 1960s French films