After having directed four films, Jean-Claude Dague's production company was almost bankrupt.
He then attempted a hold-up in Bry-sur-Marne in 1971, but was easily caught with his two partners,[1] having used his own car to flee.
The two partners were actor René Chapotot and stuntman Germain Roig.
[2] Dague then spent eight years in prison, and wrote about it in a book, Le Dénommé, of which he made a film in 1990.
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