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THAT MAN FROM RIO. French Director Philippe de Broca's wacky parody of Hollywood adventure movies propels Jean-Paul Belmondo through a series of wonderfully absurd dangers, smack into the arms of a drugged damsel in distress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jul. 31, 1964 | 7/31/1964 | See Source »

...sniffling, please. This isn't a romantic tragedy. It's a costume comedy. It was made by Philippe de Broca, the same French director who recently employed Belmondo in a travesty of a thriller called That Man from Rio, and while Cartouche is seldom as funny as That Man, it nevertheless comes off as a careless but carefree and occasionally hilarious parody of a period piece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Period Parody | 7/31/1964 | See Source »

THAT MAN FROM RIO. French Director Philippe de Broca's wacky parody of Hollywood adventure movies propels Jean-Paul Belmondo through a series of wonderfully absurd dangers, smack into the arms of a drugged damsel in distress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jul. 24, 1964 | 7/24/1964 | See Source »

THAT MAN FROM RIO. In a hilarious parody of Hollywood adventure movies, French Director Philippe de Broca fires cliches at the screen like soggy old lemons, with Hero Jean-Paul Belmondo panting through many a tight squeeze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television, Theater, Records, Cinema, Books: Jun. 26, 1964 | 6/26/1964 | See Source »

THAT MAN FROM RIO. Jean-Paul Belmondo ducks poisoned darts, outwits mad scientists, and narrowly escapes a Brazilian crocodile in Director Philippe de Broca's wonderfully wacky distillation of all the adventure movies ever made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jun. 12, 1964 | 6/12/1964 | See Source »

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