---
title: 'Backfire (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean Becker'
released: '1964-08-21'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Spain'
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/backfire-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058785/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Backfire (1964)

1964 · 94 min · Comedy, Adventure, Crime · Spain, Germany, France, Italy

Original title: Échappement libre

## Synopsis

Backfire is a 1964 French crime film directed by Jean Becker, which stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, reuniting for the first time since Breathless (1960).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jean Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-becker), [Paul Almond](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-almond)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-becker), [Claude Sautet](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-sautet), [Daniel Boulanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-boulanger)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gregorio García Segura](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregorio-garcia-segura)
- **Director of Photography:** [Edmond Séchan](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmond-sechan)
- **Editor:** [Monique Kirsanoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/monique-kirsanoff)

## Cast

- [Henri Attal](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-attal)
- [Giacomo Furia](https://cinepixo.com/people/giacomo-furia)
- [Rafael Luis Calvo](https://cinepixo.com/people/rafael-luis-calvo)
- [Jean-Pierre Marielle](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-marielle)
- [Enrico Maria Salerno](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrico-maria-salerno)
- [José Jaspe](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-jaspe)
- [Romain Gary](https://cinepixo.com/people/romain-gary)
- [Roberto Camardiel](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-camardiel)
- [Fernando Rey](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-rey)
- [Jean Seberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-seberg)
- [Fernando Sancho](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-sancho)
- [Diana Lorys](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-lorys)
- [Xan das Bolas](https://cinepixo.com/people/xan-das-bolas)
- [Carmen de Lirio](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmen-de-lirio)
- [Renate Ewert](https://cinepixo.com/people/renate-ewert)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/backfire-1964
Film facts: Wikidata (Q2631381); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.