Movie1983·US, FR, YU·1h 40min

The Prize of Peril

Name: The Prize of Peril
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction
Released: 1983-01-25T00:00:00Z
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.48
Cast: Gérard Lanvin, Yves Boisset, Michel Piccoli, Marie-France Pisier, Bruno Cremer

Le Prix du danger

Action Drama Thriller Science Fiction

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Jan1983

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Avala Film Swanie Productions TF1 Films Production Top n°1

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The Prize of Peril (1983) — watch online on iFILM, a French sci-fi thriller directed by Yves Boisset and starring Gérard Lanvin and Michel Piccoli.

A live TV show pits five armed hunters against one unarmed volunteer across city streets and empty lots. Survive long enough and collect a fortune. Unemployed François Jacquemart takes the bet and lasts longer than expected — until he starts noticing that the escape routes, the helpful strangers, even the near-misses feel a little too well-arranged. The producers don't want a winner. They want a story.

The film landed four years before The Running Man and traced the same idea with colder intent, adapted from Robert Sheckley's 1958 short story. Boisset built a thriller, then punctured it — what looks like action is really a film about television eating reality whole. Stream The Prize of Peril (1983) online on iFILM.

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