"Don't tell the ending...nobody'll ever believe you!"

1963

1h 58m

7.2(193 votes)

Crime

Overview

Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino.

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43 members

Acting

Jean Gabin

Charles

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Alain Delon

Francis Verlot

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Claude Cerval

Police commissioner

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Maurice Biraud

Louis Naudin

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Viviane Romance

Ginette, Charles's wife

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Henri Virlogeux

Mario

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Jean Carmet

Bartender

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José Luis de Vilallonga

Mr. Grimp

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Rita Cadillac

Liliane

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Dominique Davray

Léone, Mario's wife

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Dora Doll

Countess Doublianoff

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Germaine Montero

Mrs. Verlot

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Carla Marlier

Brigitte

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Georges Billy

Train passenger (uncredited)

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Henri Attal

Francis's buddy (uncredited)

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Marc Arian

The other accountant (uncredited)

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Jacques Bertrand

Grimp's accountant (uncredited)

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Charles Bouillaud

Traveler (uncredited)

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Christian Brocard

Delivery man (uncredited)

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Adrien Cayla-Legrand

Casino employee (uncredited)

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Anne-Marie Coffinet

Marcelle (uncredited)

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Pierre Collet

Camille (uncredited)

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Jean-Jacques Delbo

Choreographer (uncredited)

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Pierre Duncan

Train traveler (uncredited)

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Édouard Francomme

Marcel (uncredited)

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Gabriel Gobin

Train traveler (uncredited)

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Jean Gold

Head waiter (uncredited)

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Alain Janey

Residence bartender (uncredited)

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Rudy Lenoir

Grimp's cashier (uncredited)

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Sylvain Lévignac

Train passenger (uncredited)

Sound

Michel Magne

Conductor of the "Palm Beach" (uncredited)

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Antoine Marin

Train worker (uncredited)

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Olivier Mathot

Residence receptionist (uncredited)

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Paul Mercey

Cafe owner (uncredited)

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Bernard Musson

Traveler of Greece (uncredited)

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Laure Paillette

Dresser (uncredited)

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Henri Poirier

Train passenger (uncredited)

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Robert Rollis

Representative (uncredited)

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Robert Secq

Public baths employee (uncredited)

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Louis Viret

Train worker (uncredited)

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Georges Wilson

Walther (uncredited)

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Jean-Pierre Zola

Public baths customer (uncredited)

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Pierre Vernet

(uncredited)

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