

“Don't tell the ending...nobody'll ever believe you!”
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.
Directed by Henri Verneuil
User score
223 votes

Released
March 19, 1963
2h 2m
French

Jean Gabin
Charles

Alain Delon
Francis Verlot

Claude Cerval
Police Commissioner

Viviane Romance
Ginette, Charles's Wife

Henri Virlogeux
Mario

Jean Carmet
Bartender

José Luis de Vilallonga
Mr. Grimp

Rita Cadillac
Liliane
Jimmy Davis
Sam

Dominique Davray
Léone, Mario's Wife

Dora Doll
Countess Doublianoff

Germaine Montero
Mrs. Verlot

Maurice Biraud
Louis Naudin

Carla Marlier
Brigitte

Marc Arian
The Other Accountant (uncredited)

Henri Attal
Francis's Buddy (uncredited)
Jacques Bertrand
Grimp's Accountant (uncredited)

Georges Billy
Train Passenger (uncredited)

Charles Bouillaud
Traveler (uncredited)

Christian Brocard
Delivery Man (uncredited)