Movie
The Brain
Overview
Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.
Details
- Release date
- 1969-03-07
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Crime, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- DDL Cinematografica, S.N.E. Gaumont
- Country
- France, Italy
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Jean-Paul Belmondo as Arthur Lespinasse
- Bourvil as Anatole
- David Niven as Colonnel Carol Matthews, Aka 'Le Cerveau'
- Eli Wallach as Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia
- Silvia Monti as Sofia Scannapieco, Frankie's Sister
- Raymond Gérôme as Commissioner
- Fernand Guiot as Inspector Mazurel, Assistant to the Commissioner
- Jacques Balutin as Inspector Pochet
- Jacques Ciron as Inspector Dubœuf
- Patrick Préjean as Belgian Sergeant of the Armoured Car
- Robert Dalban as Belgian Soldier of the Armored Car (With a Cold)
- Raoul Delfosse as Belgian Soldier of the Armored Car
Crew
- Gérard Oury - Director
- Danièle Thompson - Writer
- Marcel Jullian - Writer
- Gérard Oury - Writer
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