The Passenger Movie Review 1975

A dissatisfied TV reporter changes identities with a dead man while on assignment in Africa, then learns that he is posing as a gunrunner. Mysterious, elliptical production from Italian master Antonioni, who co-wrote. Nicholson is fine in the low-key role, and Schneider is surprisingly winning as the woman drawn to him. The object of much debate, hailed by some as quintessential cinema and by others as slow and unrewarding.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 119 minutes.
Originally from Italian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mistaken Identity, Terrorism, Mass Media, Africa, Deserts

Screenplay

Mark Peploe, Michelangelo Antonioni

Cast

Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Ian Hendry, Jenny Runacre, Steven Berkoff

Director

Michelangelo Antonioni

Music

Claude Bolling

Producer

Carlo Ponti