And Hope to Die

And Hope to Die
Original theatrical poster
Directed byRené Clément
Written bySébastien Japrisot
Produced bySerge Silberman
StarringJean-Louis Trintignant
Robert Ryan
CinematographyEdmond Richard
Edited byRoger Dwyre
Music byFrancis Lai
Production
company
Greenwich Film Productions
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • 15 September 1972 (1972-09-15) (France)
  • 29 November 1972 (1972-11-29) (NYC)
Running time
141 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
Canada
LanguageFrench
Budget$2 million

And Hope to Die (French: La course du lièvre à travers les champs, Italian: La corsa della lepre attraverso i campi) is a 1972 French-Italian-Canadian crime-drama film directed by René Clément and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Aldo Ray and Robert Ryan. It is loosely based on the novel Black Friday by David Goodis.