- HD 1080
- Runtime: 102m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: fr
- Country: France, Italy
- Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
- Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier, Stefania Sandrelli, Malvina Silberberg
- keywords: new york city, banker, paris, france, river, motel, new orleans, louisiana, investigation, diner, exile, hypochondriac, scandal, travel, on the road, ex-boxer, desegregation, nightlife, 1960s
- Production_studio: Sicilia Cinematografica, Spectacles Lumbroso, Ultra Film
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The Magnet of Doom is featured in the top rankings of 1963
- #18 in Top Adventure Movies of 1963
- #70 in Top Drama Movies of 1963
- #19 in Top Crime Movies of 1963
Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been implicated in a high-profile fraud.