
Danger. Desire. Desperation.
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.
- 6.7
- 1988
- Released
- 2h 0m

Harrison Ford
Richard Walker
Emmanuelle Seigner
Michelle
Betty Buckley
Sondra Walker
Dominique Pinon
Wino
Jacques Ciron
Hotel Manager
John Mahoney
Williams
Jimmie Ray Weeks
Shaap
David Huddleston
Peter
Alexandra Stewart
Edie
Yorgo Voyagis
The Kidnapper
Djiby Soumare
Taxi Driver
Roch Leibovici
Bellboy 2
Dominique Virton
Desk Clerk
Gérard Klein
Gaillard
Stéphane D'Audeville
Bellboy
Laurent Spielvogel
Hall Porter
Alain Doutey
Hall Porter
Louise Vincent
Tourist
Patrice Melennec
Hotel Detective
Ella Jaroszewicz
Restroom Attendant
Joëlle Lagneau
Florist
Jean-Pierre Delage
Florist
Marc Dudicourt
Cafe Owner
Artus de Penguern
Waiter
Richard Dieux
Desk Cop
Yves Rénier
Inspector
Robert Ground
U.S. Security Officer
Bruce Lester-Johnson
Marine Guard
Michael Morris
U.S. Embassy Clerk
Claude Doineau
U.S. Embassy Clerk
André Quiqui
"Blue Parrot" Barman
Thomas M. Pollard
Rastafarian
Böll Boyer
Dédé Martin
Tina Sportolaro
TWA Clerk
Angela Featherstone
Extra (uncredited)
Alan Ladd
Bellboy 3
Robert Barr
Irwin
Patrick Floersheim
Man in Leather
Isabelle Noah
Houseboat Owner
David Jalil
The Bodyguard
Jean-Claude Houbart
Dead Driver
Raouf Ben Amor
Dr. Metlaoui
Released
en
$20,000,000.00
$17,637,950.00
- #hotel room
- #husband wife relationship
- #paris, france
- #wife
- #espionage
- #married couple
- #man woman relationship
- #man looking for wife
- #doctor
- #intrigue
- #neo-noir
- #missing wife
Reviews
"Frantic" is an engrossing and well made film that easily builds up a genuine sense of mystery and intrigue from the very beginning. It is incredibly well crafted throughout with an immediately interesting opening gambit and Roman Polanski is a seasoned director and he knows precisely how to create a natural and rhythmic momentum to the proceedings and to then successfully maintain it at a certain

Movie starts off well enough with the mystery element but afterward tonally felt a bit off (veered into moderate comedy at points). Ford is fine as was Emmanuelle Seigner, though I wonder if this could've used the eye of Brian De Palma rather than Polanski. **3.25/5**











