

31/08/1977
O primeiro filme de Ridley Scott levou o prêmio de estreante em Cannes. Baseado em The Duel, história de Joseph Conrad. É a história de um duelo entre dois homens, em nome da honra e do desafio, repetido várias e várias vezes, até a morte. Um aristocrata, o tenente D Hubert (Keith Carradine) e o burguês tenente Feraud (Harvey Keitel) encontram-se pela primeira vez em Strasbourg. Sentindo-se ofendido pelo primeiro, Feraud o desafia para um duelo e é ferido. E todas as vezes que eles se encontram acontece um novo duelo, com armas, cavalos ou espadas.

Keith Carradine
as Armand d'Hubert

Harvey Keitel
as Gabriel Feraud

Albert Finney
as Joseph Fouché

Edward Fox
as Colonel Perteley

Cristina Raines
as Adèle

Robert Stephens
as Brigadier-General Treillard

Tom Conti
as Dr. Jacquin

John McEnery
as Amiable Second

Diana Quick
as Laura

Alun Armstrong
as Lieutenant Lacourbe

Maurice Colbourne
as Tall Second

Gay Hamilton
as Maid

Meg Wynn Owen
as Léonie

Jenny Runacre
as Mme. de Lionne

Alan Webb
as Chevalier du Rivarol

Arthur Dignam
as Captain with Eyepatch

Matthew Guinness
as Mayor's Son

Dave Hill
as Cuirassier

Neville Jason
as Hilaire

Timothy Penrose
as Singer

William Morgan Sheppard
as Fencing Master

Liz Smith
as Fortune Teller

Anthony Douse
as Surgeon

Hugh Fraser
as Officer

Richard Graydon
as Cossack / Hussar

Tim Hardy
as Officer

William Hobbs
as Swordsman

Michael Irving
as Officer

Tony Mathews
as Gen. Treillard's Aide-de-Camp

Pete Postlethwaite
as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard

Jason Scott
as Léonie's son

Luke Scott
as Léonie's son

Stacy Keach
as Narrator (voice)

Jean-Pierre Bordas
as Pianist (uncredited)

Paul Casson-Yardley
as Napoleonic Boy Soldier (uncredited)

George Oliver
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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