{{Expand French|topic=cult|Frencharticletitle|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = Trapped by Fear | image = Les_distractions1.jpg | director = Jacques Dupont | producer = Robert Chabert<br>Lucien Masson | story = | writer = Jean Bassan<br>(adaptation)<br>Roger Ribadeau-Dumas<br>(adaptation)<br>Jacques Dupont<br>(adaptation)<br>Jean Bassan<br>(dialogue) | based_on = Jean Bassan (novel) | starring = Jean Paul Belmondo<br>Alexandra Stewart<br>Sylva Koscina<br>Claude Brasseur | music = Richard Cornu | cinematography = Jean-Jacques Rochut<br>Michel Flour | editing = Pierre Gillette | color_process = Black and white | studio = CEI Incom<br>France Cinéma Productions<br>La Société des Films Sirius<br>Société Française de Cinématographie | distributor = Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1960|11|04|}} | runtime = 87 minutes | country = France<br>Italy | language = French }} '''''Trapped by Fear''''' (French: '''''Les distractions''''') is a 1960 French crime film directed by Jacques Dupont and starring Jean Paul Belmondo, Alexandra Stewart, Sylva Koscina and Claude Brasseur.
It had admissions in France of 955,037.<ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boxofficestory.com%2Fbox-office-alain-delon-c22669761%2F39&sandbox=1 Box office information about film] at Box Office Story</ref>
==Plot== A speeding motorist causes an accident and kills an officer. Paul, a rather bohemian reporter-photographer, is called to the scene. The man fled, leaving his passport behind. Paul recognizes Laurent, a paratrooper like him during the Algerian war and who saved his life.
==Cast== * Jean-Paul Belmondo as Paul Frapier * Alexandra Stewart as Véra * Sylva Koscina as Arabelle * Claude Brasseur as Laurent Porte * Eva Damien as Dany * Mireille Darc as Maïa * Yves Brainville as Le commissaire de police * Raymond Pélissier as Himself * Sady Rebbot as Le photographe de mode (as Sadi Rebot) * Yves Buscail as Himself * Georges Hubert as Himself * Renée Duchateau as Himself * Noémie Bar-Or as Himself * Arik Bar-Or as Himself * Corrado Guarducci as L'ami d'Arabelle * Linda Sini as La concierge * Jacques Jouanneau as Maxime
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0053769}} *[http://www.lefilmguide.com/review/les-distractions-1960.html ''Trapped by Fear''] at Le Film Guide
Category:French crime drama films Category:1960 films Category:French neo-noir films Category:Films directed by Jacques Dupont Category:1960 French films Category:1960 crime drama films Category:French black-and-white films
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