The Vultures
Les morfalous
1984, Film, 106 min, Action, Comedy, Drama, French, France, MoviePedia score 63
April 5, 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour, Tunisia, to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ambush awaits, and all but four die. Thanks to the street smarts of Sergeant Augagneur, the Legionnaires successfully counter attack. The bank manager and his seductive wife arrive, and so does a German lieutenant, whom the French arrest. Augagneur wants to steal the gold; warrant officer Mahuzard wants to do his duty. A series of alliances form and break apart, the group dwindles in number, and the gold heads south toward Betahoua. But in whose possession?
Directed by Henri Verneuil
Cast
- Jean-Paul Belmondo as Sgt. Pierre Augagneur
- Jacques Villeret as Béral
- Michel Constantin as Adjudant Édouard Mahuzard
- Michel Creton as Boissier
- Matthias Habich as Karl
- François Perrot as François Laroche-Fréon, le directeur de la banque
- Maurice Auzel as Borzik
- Gérard Buhr as L'officier du camp de ravitaillement
- Junior John David
- Robert Lombard as M. Chanterelle
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