The Passenger (1975)

Written by Mark Peploe

Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni

Running Time: 150 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1975

Rating: 12A Certificate

Production Country: Italy/Spain/France

Filmed in Colour

Jack Nicholson stars in this seminal '70s rumination on identity and violence by Michelangelo Antonioni. Bored with his life and stranded in North Africa, journalist David Locke (Nicholson) assumes the identity of a fellow hotel guest who has suddenly died. Locke soon learns that Mr Robertson, the man whose life he now lives, was working as a gunrunner and is targeted by numerous assassins. He meets a beautiful stranger (Maria Schneider) who travels with him, but the killers are on their heels.

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Cast

	Jack Nicholson		David Locke
	Maria Schneider		Girl
	Jenny Runacre		Rachel Locke
	Ian Hendry		Martin Knight
	Steven Berkoff		Stephen
	Ambroise Bia		Achebe
	José María Caffarel		Hotel Keeper
	James Campbell		Witch Doctor
	Manfred Spies		German Stranger
	Jean-Baptiste Tiemele		Murderer
	Ángel del Pozo		Police inspector
	Charles Mulvehill		Robertson the Dead Man
	Narciso Pula		Murderer's accomplice