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Released
2001 · FILM

Protection

The greatest threat to his future was his past

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
96 min
CrimeThriller

Synopsis

A mobster moves to a new town as a protected witness and tries to start over, only to find he can't escape his old ways

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Robert E NewtonShot by Marc CharleboisScored by Richard MarvinDesigned by Steeve Henry

Also known as

  • Hetzjagd durch die Nachtde
  • Protection - Hetzjagd durch die Nachtde
  • Cerco a la libertades

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