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Status
Released
Release
1964
Runtime
2h 2m
Available options inUS
A truck driver ventures into the Moroccan desert to retrieve a stolen truck, facing danger, bad luck, and uneasy alliances. Chaos builds to a climactic showdown.
17 Cast Members
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Rocco
Lino Ventura
Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
Bernard Blier
Mitch-Mitch
Andréa Parisy
Pepa
Gert Fröbe
Castigliano, aka 'La betterave'
Reginald Kernan
John Steiner aka Peter Frocht
Pierre Mirat
Halibi, aka 'Le sourdingue'
Doudou Babet
Khenouche, waiter at Halibi
Jackie Blanchot
Guest at Halibi
Anne-Marie Coffinet
Angèle Bameste
Pierre Collet
Worker at Castigliano
Louis Bugette
Orlando, bar owner
Christian Brocard
Plouc's Mechanic
Paul Bonifas
Doctor Magnart, former professor in Lyon
Henri Lambert
Robert, client at Orlando (uncredited)
Marcel Bernier
Marcel, mechanic at Castigliano (uncredited)
Georges Aminel
Castigliano, aka 'La betterave' (voice) (uncredited)
