The Sucker (1965) — AI Story Visualization

The Sucker (1965) Poster

Plot Analysis Summary

A naive driver accidentally becomes the unwitting transport for a criminal gang's illicit cargo across Europe.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

The Parisian Collision

The Illicit Journey

Gangs and Sabotage

The Police Trap

Wrecked Friendship

In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash that totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friend's car from Naples to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".

Directed by

Gérard Oury

Key Cast

Rating: 7.4/10 (714 votes)