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Status
Released
Release
1965
Runtime
1h 35m
Three little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful colleague Alphonse to join their team. But the well thought-out coup fails, and Alphonse is the only one of them who ends up in jail for several years. When he's released, he's out for revenge.
41 Cast Members
Lino Ventura
Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
Charles Aznavour
Edmond Clancul aka 'Le Naïf'
Irina Demick
Catherine Verdier, manager of an art gallery
Maurice Biraud
Arthur aka 'Le Mou'
Georges Géret
Joseph Rouquemoute aka 'Le Rouquin'
Pierre Brasseur
Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
Françoise Rosay
Gertrude, supplies specialist in the mafia
Annie Fratellini
Léone Rouqemoute, prostitute
Norman Bart
Gallery visitor
Georges Blaness
Omar
Dorothée Blanck
Girl at the hotel particulier
Marcel Charvey
Gallery visitor
François Dalou
Police inspector
Michel Dacquin
Nightclub bartender
Marie-Hélène Dasté
Madame Clancul
Michel Duplaix
Head waiter
Michel Garland
Gallery visitor
Jacques Marchand
Gallery visitor
François Mirante
Police inspector
Donald O'Brien
Gallery visitor
