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The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
Directed by Peter Weir
“148 people live in the township of Paris and every one of them is a murderer.”
Comedy, Horror · 1h 31m
After surviving a car accident, a young man finds himself trapped in the isolated town of Paris, where the local economy depends on deliberately causing crashes and salvaging the wreckage. As he becomes entangled in the town’s routines, tensions between its residents and a rebellious group of youths begin to surface.
Cast
John Meillon
Terry Camilleri
Kevin Miles
Max Gillies
Danny Adcock
Bruce Spence
Kevin Golsby
Chris Haywood
Crew
- Director
- Peter Weir
- Screenplay
- Peter Weir
- Director of Photography
- John R. McLean
- Original Music Composer
- Bruce Smeaton
- Editor
- Wayne LeClos
- Producer
- Jim McElroy, Hal McElroy
Details
- Release date
- 1974-10-10
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Comedy, Horror
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Australia
- Production
- Royce Smeal Film Productions, Salt-Pan
- Budget
- $250,000