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Frantic
The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.
1988 · Directed by Roman Polanski · 120 min · Mystery · Thriller · 14 frames
Tagline
Danger. Desire. Desperation.
Crew
- Written by: Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach
- Cinematography: Witold Sobociński
- Edited by: Sam O'Steen
- Music: Ennio Morricone
- Production design: Pierre Guffroy
- Produced by: Tim Hampton, Thom Mount
Cast
- Harrison Ford as Richard Walker
- Emmanuelle Seigner as Michelle
- Betty Buckley as Sondra Walker
- Dominique Pinon as Wino
- Jacques Ciron as Hotel Manager
- John Mahoney as Williams
- Jimmie Ray Weeks as Shaap
- David Huddleston as Peter
- Alexandra Stewart as Edie
- Yorgo Voyagis as The Kidnapper
Production
- Country: United States of America, France
- Language: English, French
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, The Mount Company
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Box office: $17,637,950
- Themes: hotel room, husband wife relationship, paris, france, wife, espionage, married couple, man woman relationship, man looking for wife, doctor, intrigue
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