{{short description|1971 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Boulevard du Rhum | image = BOULEVARD-DU-RHUM1.jpg | caption = Promotional poster | director = Robert Enrico | producer = Alain Poiré | writer = Jacques Pecheral<br>Robert Enrico<br>Pierre Pelegri<br>Tony Recoder | starring = Brigitte Bardot<br/>Lino Ventura<br>Bill Travers | music = François de Roubaix | cinematography = Jean Boffety | editing = Michel Lewin | distributor = Gaumont Distribution | released = {{Film date|1971|10|13|France|df=y}} | runtime = 135 min | country = France<br>Italy<br>Spain | language = French | budget =$1 million<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|page=29|title=French Prods. Completing Beaucoup Big Budget Pix Aimed At O'seas Market|date=3 November 1971|last=Moskowitz|first=Gene}}</ref> | gross =1,279,586 admissions (France)<ref>[http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-brigitte-bardot-c22691591/38&usg=ALkJrhiAcHdTHJim0A7YsrmrS0kvjb43vA Box office information] at Box Office Story</ref> }} '''''Rum Runners''''' (French: ''Boulevard du Rhum'') is a 1971 French-Italian-Spanish adventure film directed by Robert Enrico and produced by Alain Poiré. It is based on Jacques Pecheral's novel of the same name. It stars Brigitte Bardot and Lino Ventura and was released in France on 13 October 1971.
==Plot== In 1925, during the Prohibition era in the United States, Cornelius van Zeelinga, a tough but not very bright captain, operates as a rum-runner along the three-mile line from the American coasts known as the "Rum Row." His boat is intercepted and sunk by the U.S. Coast Guard. Surviving the ordeal, Cornelius heads to Mexico, where he gets involved in a dangerous game where people pay to shoot at him. Despite getting injured, he returns to Jamaica and takes charge of a ship named ''The Lady of my Heart''.
Later, Cornelius is tasked with a new rum shipment by trafficker Sanderson. However, he stumbles upon a silent film featuring Linda Larue (Brigitte Bardot) and decides to abandon smuggling. Obsessed with finding the actress, Cornelius travels through Gulf of Mexico ports until he coincidentally encounters her on a deserted beach.<ref name="br">{{cite book |last=Singer |first=Barnett |title=Brigitte Bardot: A Biography |publisher=McFarland |year=2006}}</ref>
==Cast== *Brigitte Bardot as Linda Larue *Lino Ventura as Cornelius von Zeelinga *Bill Travers as Sanderson *Clive Revill as Lord Hammond *La Polaca as Catharina *Jess Hahn as Piet aka "Big Dutch" *Antonio Casas as Wilkinson *Andreas Voutsinas as Alvarez *Guy Marchand as Ronald / The Actor *Jack Betts as Renner *Florence Giorgetti as Linda's guest
==Production== The film began shooting in Mexico and the British Honduras in September 1970.<ref name=br/> The film was also partially shot in Parisian studios<ref name=br/> and in Andalucia, Spain.<ref>Simmons, Art. "Paris Scratchpad". Jet. 18 February 1971. pp. 46</ref><ref name="bar">{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/brigitte-bardot-ten-films-worth-watching/|date=29 December 2025|access-date=29 December 2025|title=Brigitte Bardot: Ten Films Worth Watching}}</ref>
==Reception== ''The New York Times'' regarded the film as a professional breakthrough for Bardot, deeming it as a signifier of "the death of a star—the last star, perhaps—and the birth of an actress: Brigitte Bardot."<ref>[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9507E3DD103DEF34BC4A51DFB767838A669EDE Boulevard du Rhum (1971) Paris: Bardot -- From Star to Actress] The New York Times. 22 November 1971</ref>
==Soundtrack== The score and soundtrack were composed by François de Roubaix, with Bardot lending her vocals to certain songs.
*1. Chant des rumrunners / Générique *2. Sur le boulevard du rhum (by Brigitte Bardot) *3. Le jeu de l'aveugle *4. La posada / Gramophone rumba *5. Chanson de Ronald (by Guy Marchand) *6. Ragtime du ver solitaire *7. Bataille navale *8. Tango del patio *9. Linda et Cornelius (Version 1) *10. MacAlister's wedding song I (by Joe Turner) *11. Ben-moor hôtel *12. Au cinéma muet *13. Plaisir d'amour (by Brigitte Bardot and Guy Marchand) *14. Prohibition rag *15. Linda et Cornelius (Version 2)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0066857|title=Boulevard du Rhum}}
{{Robert Enrico}}
Category:1971 films Category:French adventure films Category:1971 French-language films Category:Films based on French novels Category:Films directed by Robert Enrico Category:1971 adventure films Category:Films set in the 1920s Category:Films set in the Caribbean Category:French seafaring films Category:Films about prohibition in the United States Category:Films shot in Almería Category:Films scored by François de Roubaix Category:1971 French films Category:Gaumont (company) films Category:French-language adventure films