| A Bomb for a Dictator | |
| Director: | Alex Joffé |
| Producer: | Pierre Lévy-Corti |
| Starring: | Pierre Fresnay Michel Auclair Tilda Thamar |
| Music: | Paul Misraki |
| Cinematography: | Léonce-Henri Burel |
| Editing: | Raymond Lamy |
| Studio: | Cinégraph Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Films Régent |
| Distributor: | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
A Bomb for a Dictator or The Fanatics (French: Les fanatiques) is a 1957 French thriller film directed by Alex Joffé and starring Pierre Fresnay, Michel Auclair and Tilda Thamar.[1] [2] [3] It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris and on location at Nice Airport. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Paris.
While a tyrannical South American dictator is visiting Europe a group of revolutionaries plan to assassinate his private plane. However, when it turns out he has changed his plans and will be flying back on a commercial flight they have to do decide whether to carry on with their plans even though it will lead to the deaths of the other passengers, or let him return to seek revenge on the plotters.