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.
Critics Sentiment
Sondra vanishes from hotel room while Richard showers
Michelle dies and Richard throws krytron into Seine
The film drops significantly from the tense early disappearance sequence to the less effective action climax
Frantic begins strongly with Hitchcockian suspense as Richard's wife vanishes, maintaining solid tension through the investigation and Michelle's introduction. However, critics noted the film loses some momentum in its second half as it transitions from psychological thriller to action sequences, with Polanski's direction less assured in the action elements than in the atmospheric mystery.
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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
Crew
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