Movie
The Pariah
Overview
For more than 15 years, two Marseille friends and criminals battle the law, rival gangs, prison authorities and even mined beaches in order to survive.
Details
- Release date
- 1972-12-12
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Lira Films, Praesidens (IT)
- Country
- Italy, France
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Jean-Paul Belmondo as Roberto Borgo, aka 'La Scoumoune'
- Claudia Cardinale as Georgia Saratov
- Michel Constantin as Xavier Saratov, Georgia's brother and Roberto's friend
- Enrique Lucero as Migli, aka 'The Mexican', Roberto's trusted man
- Michel Peyrelon as Charlot, aka 'L'Élégant'
- Philippe Brizard as 'Fanfan', regular at the gaming circle
- Alain Mottet as 'Ficelle', henchman of Villanova
- Aldo Bufi Landi as Jeannot Villanova
- Jacques Debary as Carl
- Marc Eyraud as 'Bonne Aventure', prisoner
- Henri Vilbert as Graville, prison guard
- Pierre Collet as Prison director
Crew
- José Giovanni - Director
- José Giovanni - Writer
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