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Le Trou

1960 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

8.3/10

Rating

132 min

Runtime

1960

Release Year

Jacques Becker

Director

Cast

Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy, Raymond Meunier, Marc Michel

Quick Synopsis

Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of three days, the prisoners and friends break through the concrete floor using a bed post and begin to make their way through the sewer system – yet their escape is anything but assured.

Full Plot Summary of Le Trou

Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of three days, the prisoners and friends break through the concrete floor using a bed post and begin to make their way through the sewer system – yet their escape is anything but assured.

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