The Straight Line

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Jacques Gaillard

Status Released

Release Date 1964-11-24

Storyline

Amputated of a hand during the war, traumatized and having given up on a career as a runner, Stéphane has become a newspaper salesman. Heckel, his former trainer, finds him by chance and persuades him to resume his sporting activities. Stéphane starts competing again. His meeting with Gordon, a black American runner, was to prove decisive.