The Straight Line
Original title: La Ligne droite
7.0(1)19641h 32mFR
Directed by Jacques Gaillard
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.
